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Collecting quotations is an insidious, even embarrassing habit, like ragpicking or hoarding rocks or trying on other people's laundry. I got into it originally while trying to break an addiction to candy. I kicked candy and now seem to be stuck with quotations, which are attacking my brain instead of my teeth.

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It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.
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Robert Byrne

Robert Byrne
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Born: May 22, 1930
Died: December 6, 2016 (aged 86)
Bio: Robert Byrne was an American author and Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame instructor of pool and carom billiards.
Known for:
  1. Byrne's Standard book of pool and billiards (1978)
  2. Byrne's Complete Book of Pool Shots (2003)
  3. McGoorty: A Billiard Hustler's Life (1972)

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