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He had a style that nobody else had, and I think when you're separate from the rest, it makes you kind of special.


Don Rickles

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ANNE ROBINSON What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before.
MARK TWAIN What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.
MARK TWAIN What a good thing Adam had--when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before.
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LARRY BROWN Do you think that a billion people knowing your face makes you special?
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DON MASHAK Speak low if you speak love.
DON PEDRO Get the job done.
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DON MARQUIS To be great one must be positive and gain strength from your opponents.
DON PIATT Where one door closes, another opens.
DON QUIJOTE Don't ever slam a door, you might want to go back.
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DON MARQUIS The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.
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DON MARQUIS Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.
DON MARQUIS It's easy to point when you can't heal it.
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DON MARQUIS Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.
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DON MARQUIS An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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DON MARQUIS Hardship makes the world obscure.
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DON MARQUIS now and then there is a person born who is so unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out ...
DON MARQUIS The American Judicial System is the best appearance of justice that money can buy!
DON MASHAK Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but b...
DON DELILLO For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice.
DON HUTSON Why resist temptation? There will always be more.
DON HEROLD There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when th...
DON DELILLO Cause a man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun
DON HENLEY The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a...
DON BARTHELME