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"It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit."

"Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor."

"It was not Cafe Society, it was Nescafe Society."

"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me."

"I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second."

"If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday."

"Work is much more fun than fun."

"Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed."

"Consider the public. Never fear it nor despise it. Coax it, charm it, interest it, stimulate it, shock it now and then if you must, make it laugh, make it cry, but above all never, never, never bore the living hell out of it."

"It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit."

"I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop."

"People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it."

"My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough."

"I am not a heavy drinker. I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop."

"I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me."

"The higher the building the lower the morals."

"Extraordinary how potent cheap music is."

"There's always something fishy about the French."

"I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when I am threatened with having nothing left for my old age - which is due to start next Tuesday or Wednesday."

"Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade."

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