I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.


Boutros Boutros-Ghali

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I never have anything to talk about.
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I will continue to talk about it for the rest of my life,
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Could you please be as silent as the G in lasagna?
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Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
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Never say I love you
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