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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - December 16, 2025
The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes)  
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
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Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)  
I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think interior decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
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Anna Quindlen (1953 - )  
I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.
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Woody Allen (1935 - )  
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