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Metropolitan Life (1978)
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Do not have your child's hair cut by a real hairdresser in a real hairdressing salon. He is, at this point, far too short to be exposed to contempt.
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Twenty-four-hour room service generally refers to the length of time that it takes for the club sandwich to arrive. This is indeeddisheartening, particularly when you've ordered scrambled eggs.
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Scientists are rarely to be counted among the fun people. Awkward at parties, shy with strangers, deficient in irony — they have had no choice but to turn their attention to the close study of everyday objects.
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Children are rarely in the position to lend one a truly interesting sum of money. There are, however, exceptions, and such children are an excellent addition to any party.
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People have been cooking and eating for thousands of years, so if you are the very first to have thought of adding fresh lime juice to scalloped potatoes, try to understand that there must be a reason for this.
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Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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That I am totally devoid of sympathy for, or interest in, the world of groups is directly attributable to the fact that my two greatest needs and desires — smoking cigarettes and plotting revenge — are basically solitary pursuits.
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Magazines all too frequently lead to books and should be regarded by the prudent as the heavy petting of literature.
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Women who insist on having the same options as men would do well to consider the option of being the strong, silent type.
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The [hypochondriacs'] program's motto, 'There is no such thing as just a mole.'
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Perhaps one of the more noteworthy trends of our time is the occupation of buildings accompanied by the taking of hostages. The perpetrators of these deeds are generally motivated by political grievance, social injustice, and the deeply felt desire to see how they look on TV.
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Children ask better questions than adults. "May I have a cookie?" "Why is the sky blue?" and "What does a cow say?" are far more likely to elicit a cheerful response than "Where's your manuscript?" Why haven't you called?" and "Who's your lawyer?"
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Violet will be a good color for hair at just about the same time that brunette becomes a good color for flowers.
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My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
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Any child who cannot do long division by himself does not deserve to smoke.
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Children make the most desirable opponents in Scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women it is simply a good excuse not to play football.
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If, while watching the sun set on a used-car lot in Los Angeles, you are struck by the parallels between this image and the inevitable fate of humanity, do not, under any circumstances, write it down.
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I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use. Pleasant because one is in the best possible company and safe because sleep is the consummate protection against the unseemliness that is the invariable consequence of being awake. What you don't know won't hurt you. Sleep is death without the responsibility.
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There are two kinds of music — good music and bad music. Good music is music that I want to hear. Bad music is music that I don't want to hear.
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If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be fantasies.
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Inhabitants of underdeveloped nations and victims of natural disasters are the only people who have ever been happy to see soy beans.
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Cheese that is required by law to append the word food to its title does not go well with red wine or fruit.
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In New York it's not whether you win or lose — it's how you lay the blame.
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Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
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October 27, 1950
(age 73)
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