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As for language, almost everything goes now. That is not to say that verbal taboos have disappeared, but merely that they have shifted somewhat. In my youth, for example, there were certain words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can say them, but you can't say 'girl'.

Tom Lehrer's Popular Quotes

When correctly viewed, everything is lewd.

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Always predict the worst, and you'll be hailed as a prophet.

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It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.

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You cant be satirical and not be offensive to somebody.

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I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.

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Disclaimer: If anyone disagrees with anything I say, I am quite prepared to not only retract it, but also to deny under oath I ever said it.

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Irreverence is easy - whats hard is wit.

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I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!

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