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Polly Adler
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“A house is not a home.”
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“... I am one of those people who just can't help getting a kick out of life — even when it's a kick in the teeth.”
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“Your heart often knows things before your mind does ...”
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“... every day he sent me more gardenias than most people go to the grave with.”
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“I couldn't live my reputation down — all right then, I'd live up to it.”
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“... the grocer, the butcher, the baker, the merchant, the landlord, the druggist, the liquor dealer, the policeman, the doctor, the city father and the politician — these are the people who make money out of prostitution ...”
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“Too many cooks spoil the brothel.”
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“It's not the college degree that makes a writer. The great thing is to have a story to tell.”
Polly Adler, U.S. madam
(1900 - 1962)