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War stories, westerns, spy stories are all accepted as respectable because they are read by men. It is only women's light reading which is derided.


Charlotte Lamb

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CHARLES LAMB He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides
CHARLES LAMB I could never hate anyone I knew
CHARLES LAMB We are nothing; less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have been, and must wait upon ...
CHARLES LAMB Man, while he loves, is never quite depraved
CHARLES LAMB Marshall comes with a great pedigree and other teams are going to be aware of that. He draws the bes...
JASON LAMB We have the lowest average we've ever had. When they step foot on the tee, I think each player is th...
JOHN LAMB Billy is a natural at it (coaching). Football's in his blood.
TOM LAMB Officer Bennett was the man. It was mostly a mop-up for us.
DAVID LAMB I know a lot of people who have used it.
LARRY LAMB Most of us don't think of what we're doing beyond the property line.
LARRY LAMB All the time we were there, you could see that dead squirrel right out in plain sight. Whenever anyo...
WALLY LAMB