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When I received the Nobel Prize, the only big lump sum of money I have ever seen, I had to do something with it. The easiest way to drop this hot potato was to invest it, to buy shares. I knew that World War II was coming and I was afraid that if I had shares which rise in case of war, I would wish for war. So I asked my agent to buy shares which go down in the event of war. This he did. I lost my money and saved my soul.

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Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.

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I have lived some thirty years on this planet and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.

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Seek not for fresher founts afar, Just drop you bucket where you are.

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The Pope! How many divisions has _he_ got ?

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Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

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I could not say I believe. I know! I have had the experience of being gripped by something that is stronger than myself, something that people call God.

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That old saw about the early bird just proves that the worm should have stayed in bed.

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The modern definition of "racist" is "someone who is winning an argument with a liberal

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One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

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