I busted out of the place in a hurry and went to a saloon and drank beer and said that for the rest of my life I'd never take a job in a place where you couldn't throw cigarette butts…

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Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody...

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody...

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of...

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of...

The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the...

If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the...

A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that...

A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that...

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of...

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of...

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvellous personality that started you...

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvellous personality that started you...

Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy.

Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy.

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like...

Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like...

The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with...

The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with...

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you...

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you...

ABC Television Network: Your services, such as they are, will no longer be required as...

ABC Television Network: Your services, such as they are, will no longer be required as...

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men...

The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men...

I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height...

I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height...

Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts...

Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts...

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really...

The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really...

If you can read this, thank a teacher.

If you can read this, thank a teacher.