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«Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.»
Author: Bill Gates
(Entrepreneur, Founder)
| About:
Success
| Keywords:
lousy, seduces, seducing, smart
«Show me an orchestra that likes its conductor and I'll show you a lousy conductor.»
«Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.»
Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
| Keywords:
brash, feminists, ladder, lousy, motherhood, nonexistent, pedestal, pedestals, pointed
«They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.»
«Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.»
Author: Lily Tomlin
(Actress, Comedian)
| About:
Adulthood,
Advertising,
Politicians,
Politics
| Keywords:
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«My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow.»
Author: Rita Rudner
(Comedian, Writer)
| About:
America and Americans,
Family,
Sorrow
| Keywords:
lousy, thanksgiving
«I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharking and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respecta»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
bald, bald eagle, bird of, eagle, lousy, moral character, representative, sharking, sharks, turkey
«REGALIA, n. Distinguishing insignia, jewels and costume of such ancient and honorable orders as Knights of Adam; Visionaries of Detectable Bosh; the Ancient Order of Modern Troglodytes; the League of Holy Humbug; the Golden Phalanx of Phalangers; the Genteel Society of Expurgated Hoodlums; the Mystic Alliances of Georgeous Regalians; Knights and Ladies of the Yellow Dog; the Oriental Order of Sons of the West; the Blatherhood of Insufferable Stuff; Warriors of the Long Bow; Guardians of the Great Horn Spoon; the Band of Brutes; the Impenitent Order of Wife-Beaters; the Sublime Legion of Flamboyant Conspicuants; Worshipers at the Electroplated Shrine; Shining Inaccessibles; Fee-Faw-Fummers of the inimitable Grip; Jannissaries of the Broad-Blown Peacock; Plumed Increscencies of the Magic Temple; the Grand Cabal of Able-Bodied Sedentarians; Associated Deities of the Butter Trade; the Garden of Galoots; the Affectionate Fraternity of Men Similarly Warted; the Flashing Astonishers; Ladies of Horror; Cooperative Association for Breaking into the Spotlight; Dukes of Eden; Disciples Militant of the Hidden Faith; Knights-Champions of the Domestic Dog; the Holy Gregarians; the Resolute Optimists; the Ancient Sodality of Inhospitable Hogs; Associated Sovereigns of Mendacity; Dukes-Guardian of the Mystic Cess-Pool; the Society for Prevention of Prevalence; Kings of Drink; Polite Federation of Gents-Consequential; the Mysterious Order of the Undecipherable Scroll; Uniformed Rank of Lousy Cats; Monarchs of Worth and Hunger; Sons of the South Star; Prelates of the Tub-and-Sword.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
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«Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter's pretty lousy, but I hate Spring.»
«Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.»
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