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The best way to meet a woman is in an emergency situation - if you're in a shipwreck, or you find yourself behind enemy lines, or in a flood.


Mark Helprin

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MARK TWAIN The scientific theroy I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline ...
MARK RUSSELL To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler--and less trouble.
MARK TWAIN Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in it...
MARK TWAIN Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
MARK TWAIN Here's one of my bad habits: when I go to someone's house, I head straight to their bookshel...
MARK FRAUENFELDER Whether you do stand-up comedy or write a story, you have a duty to deliver. As a comedian, you walk...
MARK BILLINGHAM China is responsible for a lot of the major conservation issues we're facing. It's the main ...
MARK CARWARDINE When you cannot get a compliment in any other way pay yourself one.
MARK TWAIN There is nothing you can say in answer to a compliment. I have been complimented myself a great many...
MARK TWAIN Never learn to do anything. If you don't learn, you will always find someone else to do it for you.
MARK TWAIN