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Hollywood is a sewer with service from the Ritz Carlton.

Wilson Mizner

Hollywood

Service

Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.

I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.

Wilson Mizner

Flattery

Hate

If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.

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Plagiarism

Research

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.

I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever leave is their own.

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Fortune

Lawyers

I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.

If you count all your assets you always show a profit.

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Profit

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

The first hundred years are the hardest.

Wilson Mizner

First

Years

Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.

The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.

Wilson Mizner

Friends

The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in.

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Difference

Most hard-boiled people are half-baked.

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People

The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.