"You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine."
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"My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.“
-Flip Wilson
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