Until the rise of American advertising it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults.

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I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

Fifty percent of people won't vote and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's the same fi

Fifty percent of people won't vote and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's the same fifty percent.

Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads writes no novels and sex cer

Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads, writes no novels, and sex certainly gives no meaning to anything in life but itself.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But the

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

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