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“Brevity is the soul of lingerie.”

“I thought that was going to be a good song, too, and then they went and rhymed “time” and “Rhine,” and spoiled everything.”

“The ones I like ... are "cheque" and "enclosed.”

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“One more drink and I'd have been under the host.”

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— David Benatar

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Politics

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Economics1903–2006

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