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Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.

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A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.

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The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around.

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When a place advertises itself as 'World Famous,' you may be sure it isn't.

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Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.

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I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.

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Just two days in Manhattan and you find yourself looking for a place to wash your handkerchief after you wipe your forehead and it comes away black. Is there a dirtier or more fascinating city anywhere in the land? The answer to both parts of the question has to be positively negative.

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San Franciscans have a bond of self-satisfaction bordering on smugness.

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New Yorkers are stuck in a gloomy mucilage of mutual commiseration.

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Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: April 3rd, 1916

Died: February 1st, 1997

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