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A platform is something a candidate stands for and the voters fall for.
Gracie Allen
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Gracie Allen
Age: 69 †
Born: 1895
Born: July 26
Died: 1964
Died: August 27
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San Francisco County
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Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen
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All the other candidates are making speeches about how much they have done for their country, which is ridiculous. I haven't done anything yet, and I think it's just common sense to send me to Washington and make me do my share.
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Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your economic programs if you want to, I'll develop my radio personality.
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Education is worth a whole lot. Just think - with enough education and brains the average man would make a good lawyer - and so would the average lawyer.
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The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.
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You kissed me like that when I was a blushing bride ...? I wonder what I was blushing about?
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When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.
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I think there's so much good in the worst of us, and so many of the worst of us get the best of us, that the rest of us aren't even worth talking about.
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This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.
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When you learn to make everybody happy, you will possess the golden secret of how to milk the contented voters. But do it in such a way that they won't think you want them to vote for you just because you need the money. They need the money, and besides, they can think up other reasons if they try.
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I don't see what difference it makes what side it's [your bread] buttered on. I always eat both sides.
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It's foolish to bet on a horse without talking to him first. I know it seems silly to ask a horse who's going to win a race - but it's no sillier than asking anyone else.
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Try to understand me. Nothing is impossible.
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You've buttered your bread, now sleep in it.
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I fully realize that every promise I make, the Republicans will double and the Democrats will redouble. They think this will make me vulnerable, but they don't know I have some tricks up my sleeve, along with a box of raisins to munch on while I'm waiting for the returns to come in.
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They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it.
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Every politician must be able to keep both feet on the fence with his ear to the ground.
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The Senate is the only show in the world where the cash customers have to sit in the balcony.
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I left my car parked at the top of Lombard Street Hill, and I forgot to put the breaks on. It's the funniest thing. The car is running down the hill.
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I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best.
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I often put boiling water in the freezer. Then whenever I need boiling water,I simply defrost it.
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