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I don't read a lot of magazines, but when I'm traveling, I'll pick up a copy of 'Vanity Fair' to read on the plane - it's like a full meal! The articles are so good, especially the crime stories. Browsing the Web is more like snacking - but I live on snacks.


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SAM LEVENSON One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your im...
SAM LEVENSON Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' c...
SAM LEVENSON It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
SAM LEVENSON We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that's the only way most of us got t...
SAM LEVENSON I'm going to stop putting things off, starting tomorrow!
SAM LEVENSON Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.
SAM LEVENSON Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
SAM LEVENSON If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her l...
SAM LEVENSON You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all...
SAM LEVENSON I'm so tired of men who are afraid to hurt women's feelings.
SAM KINISON I guess they're tough jokes. But there's lots of things you either laugh or cry at. And you ...
SAM KINISON I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to wo...
SAM KINISON I don't deny my life-style is occasionally pretty wild.
SAM KINISON Everything can be satirized.
SAM KINISON I got divorced, which was not a good thing for a revivalist minister. It did not go down well. I'...
SAM KINISON