George Eliot Quotes
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
George Eliot
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Andrew Bird
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LZ Granderson
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Greb gave me a terrible whipping. My jaw was swollen from the right temple down the cheek, along the chin and part way up the other side. The referee, the ring itself, was full of my blood. If boxing was afflicted with the commission doctors that we have now, the first fight probably would have been stopped and no one would have heard of me today.
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I got to have a great big knock-down, drag-out fight with Sylvester Stallone. Every actor should have that much fun at some point. You can hit him as hard as you can, and it's never enough for him.
John Lithgow
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A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
George Eliot
