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    In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy the fridge!' `Make Jell-O!', all that horrible nutrition that came up because of instant pudding, Jell-O, fish sticks, TV dinners, all of that that I had before dismissed as the death of our culture -- I realized that housewives wanted these things, because they wanted time back, ... A washing machine gave them time to do something else. It gave them time to read a book. ... A woman didn't want to cook all day. These things that were sold to Americans were actually a gift, in a very strange way. I really enjoyed having to blow that notion out of my head.

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The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.

The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.

by Ed Parker Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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To deny it or to shake your finger at it is a limited and very paternal... point of view in read more

To deny it or to shake your finger at it is a limited and very paternal... point of view in a sense.

by Andrea Anderson Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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That's the coldest way to go out, right there,

That's the coldest way to go out, right there,

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They could bring the weapon today inside a cargo container that comes to one of our ports, and the technologies read more

They could bring the weapon today inside a cargo container that comes to one of our ports, and the technologies that we have deployed would have a low chance of finding it.

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[One of Ms. Miller's lawyers, Floyd Abrams, wrote a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyer on Thursday in what he said read more

[One of Ms. Miller's lawyers, Floyd Abrams, wrote a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyer on Thursday in what he said was an effort] to set the record straight. ... coerced and had been required as a condition for Mr. Libby's continued employment at the White House.

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I think we had the slowest bus driver in Pennsylvania.

I think we had the slowest bus driver in Pennsylvania.

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Nonetheless, struggle for civilian supremacy is still perilous and uncertain. (Wahid) is struggling for authority over the military.

Nonetheless, struggle for civilian supremacy is still perilous and uncertain. (Wahid) is struggling for authority over the military.

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What drove him to it, who pushed him to it, I don't know, ... I wish I could find out.

What drove him to it, who pushed him to it, I don't know, ... I wish I could find out.

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I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met read more

I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met 'em before, 'cause they heard I lived there.

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