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But He's not a skillful mechanic. A man drived ov... PAUL GOODMAN In America you can say anything you want - as long as it doesn't have any effect. PAUL GOODMAN It takes application, a fine sense of value, and a powerful community-spirit for a people to have se... PAUL GOODMAN It rarely adds anything to say, ''In my opinion'' -not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only yo... PAUL GOODMAN When the Devil quotes Scriptures, it's not, really, to deceive, but simply that the masses are so ig... PAUL GOODMAN What we're saying to people is 'Look, we'll wipe that (Internet access) cost out for you, but make y... PAUL GOODMAN Desperate families have been waiting for government action on the CSA since its last chief executive... PAUL GOODMAN I am willing to completely challenge and face the legal threat. PAUL GOODMAN I am often involved in individual housing cases when constituents ask for my help. This chance to vi... PAUL GOODMAN This is one of the most difficult retail businesses to be successful at because with most businesses... PAUL GOODMAN You'll have to rent a shop, open a retail display area, buy the refrigerators and equipment and subs... PAUL GOODMAN They can do that because there are additional revenue streams available beyond the hardware. That ch... MICHAEL GOODMAN We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cr... ELLEN GOODMAN Those inevitable dreams where you can't get your column in, you know, and at first they were the... ELLEN GOODMAN Obviously you can't please everyone. I'm sure some people say, 'Bloody old Len Goodman g... LEN GOODMAN Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them. JOHN GOODMAN I've got a great life. It's a shame the work gets in the way of the golf, really. LEN GOODMAN I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How... BENNY GOODMAN