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ivoralljack

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A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it; an amateur is a man who can't do his job when he does feel like it.
 

KVetch

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Telegram to The New Yorker when arriving in Venice:

STREETS FLOODED. PLEASE ADVISE.
It was the 60s and Coca Cola decided to create an innovative and captivating advertising. In a Venice decidedly less crowded than today (hence the banal analogy with today's square), large quantities of birdseed (pigeon fodder) were distributed on the “masegni” of St. Mark's Square to form the large print “COCA COLA”.
 

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ivoralljack

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Lexicographer Dr Samuel Johnson to two ladies who said they were glad there were no naughty words included in his Dictionary.

What, my dears! then you have been looking for them.
 

ivoralljack

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Queen Mother to her daughter when she accepted a second glass of wine at lunch:

Do you think it's wise, darling? You know you've got to rule this afternoon.
 

ivoralljack

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Oscar Wilde on being asked how his latest play had gone:

It was a great success but the audience was a total failure.
 

ivoralljack

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Ken Dodd on Freud's theory that a good joke will lead to great relief and elation:

The trouble with Freud is that he never played the Glasgow Empire Saturday night. *

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