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I’ll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.

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'I'm very brave generally,' he went on in a low voice 'Only today I happen to have a headache.'

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Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

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It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

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To err is human, but it feels divine.

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Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

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When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.

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Whenever I have to choose between two evils, I always like to try the one I haven't tried before.

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A woman is like a teabag, you never know how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

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It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

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Sex is emotion in motion.

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I used to be Snow White -- but I drifted.

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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.

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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

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When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.

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A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.

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He who hesitates is a damned fool.

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His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.

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I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.

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I feel like a million tonight --- but one at a time.

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I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without.

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I only like two kinds of men; domestic and foreign.

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Love thy neighbor-and if he happens to be tall, debonair, and devastating it will be that much easier.

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Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache.

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Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet.

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Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.

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Virtue has its own reward, but no sales at the box office.

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When women go wrong, men go right after them.

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When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.

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Women with pasts interest men... they hope history will repeat itself.

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You're never too old to become younger.

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Doug Mc Clintock
A senior once said. doing nothing is about the most tiresome work in the world because you cannot stop and rest !
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