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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.

Al McGuire

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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school. You're the best there. You've been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we'll make nice music.
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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing. I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there's a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they're in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him 'then bring me a winner.'
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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