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Quote #1:   "I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it."
Quote #2:   "Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves."
Quote #3:   "I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound - if I can remember any of the damn things."
Quote #4:   "They sicken of the calm that know the storm."
Quote #5:   "If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
Quote #6:   "The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant--and let the air out of the tires."
Quote #7:   "That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment."
Quote #8:   "If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised."
Quote #9:   "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force."
Quote #10:   "I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true."
Quote #11:   "I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more."
Quote #12:   "She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B."
Quote #13:   "The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity."
Quote #14:   "Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses."
Quote #15:   "Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea And love is a thing that can never go wrong And I am Marie of Roumania."