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Bombs know no ism but barbarism. The laws that successfully govern a peaceful and democratic society do not interfere with the only law bombs know, which is the law of gravity.
Clare Boothe Luce
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Clare Boothe Luce
Age: 84 †
Born: 1903
Born: April 10
Died: 1987
Died: October 9
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I wish I were a virgin again. The only fun I ever had was holding out.
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Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.
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If you ever manage to make a fool of me, I'll deserve what I get.
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I am for lifting everyone off the social bottom. In fact, I am for doing away with the social bottom altogether.
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all history shows that the hand that cradles the rock has ruled the world, not the hand that rocks the cradle!
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Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.
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Rome is the city above all cities which loses most of its meaning to those who do not bring to it some historical sense, a decent knowledge of art, and a good amount of time. Rome therefore is particularly disturbing to an American.
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A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside inside is more often his nursery.
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What generally passes for 'thought' among the majority of mankind is the time one takes out to rearrange one's prejudices.
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[On Vice-President Henry A. Wallace:] Much of what Mr. Wallace calls his global thinking is, no matter how you slice it, still globaloney.
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