It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.

Robert Benchley
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  1. Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.

  2. The only cure for a real hangover is death.

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  4. A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated.

  5. There are two kinds of travel: first class and with children.

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