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The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.

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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

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You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.

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The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.

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A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.

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America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased.

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Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.

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Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce.

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A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.

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Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: November 14th, 1947

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