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Sometimes, I knew generally what I was going to do, but I've never written anything down. Call it a sixth sense: the lines just come.


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DON MARQUIS Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
DON MARQUIS I don't know any other way to lead but by example.
DON SHULA I would rather start a family than finish one.
DON MARQUIS now and then there is a person born who is so unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out ...
DON MARQUIS The American Judicial System is the best appearance of justice that money can buy!
DON MASHAK Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but b...
DON DELILLO For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice.
DON HUTSON Why resist temptation? There will always be more.
DON HEROLD There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when th...
DON DELILLO Cause a man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun
DON HENLEY The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a...
DON BARTHELME