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There are so many different kinds of stupidity, and cleverness is one of the worst.


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HORACE MANN Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins.
HORACE MANN To pity, distress it but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
HORACE MANN The Forgotten Arm. I don't know if we'd do an acoustic thing or bring the band back or what we'd do ...
AIMEE MANN We recorded the band pretty much live.
AIMEE MANN I'm not into music as a consumer. A songwriter should share their outlook with a measure of honesty,...
AIMEE MANN Something isn't right ? I don't know how I know,
AIMEE MANN I really wanted the record to have a ... feel of an era,
AIMEE MANN I don't think it's really a term you would come across in boxing. I have a friend who is a boxer who...
AIMEE MANN You pay to get radio play, pretty much, ... and you get what you pay for. It's not really a level pl...
AIMEE MANN The guy's a Vietnam vet and a boxer, but he's also a drug addict, and she's trying to get away from ...
AIMEE MANN Listen, I'm out of this system, man, I'm out... I'm doing better than ever. I couldn't be more happy...
AIMEE MANN I feel really special, I do. No matter how temporary it may be. You're only as cool as your last coo...
AIMEE MANN It's very important, at least for me and for Cynthia, to get outside input.
BARRY MANN You have to be very brave in that first writing session.
BARRY MANN