Perl Remove Trailing Quotes & Sayings

I have a friend who can't bear the sight of any flower whose stamens show. It may sound Victorian and quaint, but this antipathy makes her gardening exquisitely simple. — Jane Garmey

The fact is that between the classes there is a vast gulf that precludes all mutual understanding, and makes simultaneous efforts simply impossible. — Henryk Sienkiewicz

The reason why we love America so much is America is the only place you can actually come in and wave your flag. — Wyclef Jean

If you want to get better, you simply have to practice. There's no way around it. Even though Prasad, Sona, and Rex all had beneficial early experiences with music, each has had to spend thousands of hours in practice to acquire their musical prowess. Rex told me, "If people could've lived my life and all the hours I've spent practicing the tuba alone in some little room someplace, they probably wouldn't label me as being particularly talented."[6] — Jonathan Harnum

The idea of gas engines was by no means new, but this was the first time that a really serious effort had been made to put them on the market. They were received with interest rather than enthusiasm and I do not recall any one who thought that the internal combustion engine could ever have more than a limited use. All the wise people demonstrated conclusively that the engine could not compete with steam. They never thought that it might carve out a career for itself. That is the way with wise people
they are so wise and practical that they always know to a dot just why something cannot be done; they always know the limitations. That is why I never employ an expert in full bloom. If ever I wanted to kill opposition by unfair means I would endow the opposition with experts. They would have so much good advice that I could be sure they would do little work. — Henry Ford

If I wouldn't offend my religion or God, why would I want to offend an audience because in effect those people are being watched over by the same person. — Tim Conway

The only thing that works with writing is that you care so passionately about it yourself, that you make someone else care passionately about it. — Judy Blume

Unplanned pregnancy is an equal-opportunity affliction. — Ann McLane Kuster

I don't write a novel every two years. — Jayne Anne Phillips

I think there is some methodology in my travels. — George W. Bush

Working nine to five, what way to earn a living.
Barely getting by ... It's all taking and no giving.
They use just your mind and they never give you credit.
It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it! — Dolly Parton

The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn't started yet. — Alan Kay

my most desperate moments, I have never conceived of anything more horrible than a law office." -Marcel Proust — Petula Parker