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Quote by Clifton Fadiman
For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in wh

For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed. – Clifton Fadiman

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Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking. – Clifton Fadiman

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To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history. – Clifton Fadiman

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Wine
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When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before. – Clifton Fadiman

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Other Quotes from
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In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis. – Quentin Crisp, The Naked Civil Servant, 1978

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Homosexuality

The important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself. – Gore Vidal (1925–2012)

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Homosexuality

If horse racing is the sport of kings, then drag racing must be the sport of queens. – Bert Randolph Sugar (1937–2012)

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Homosexuality

The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that the next time the government mandates a draft we can all declare homosexuality instead of running off to Canada. – Lorne Bloch

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Homosexuality

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