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• Never "assume" or you'll make an "ass" of "u" and "me".
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• Even if we put all these nagging thoughts [four embarrassing questions about astrology] aside for a moment, one overriding question remains to be asked.
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• He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.
  James Reston (about Richard Nixon)...