“The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.”

— Oscar Levant

As quoted in The New Speaker's Treasury of Wit and Wisdom (1958) by Herbert Victor Prochnow, p. 322.

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American comedian, composer, pianist and actor 1906–1972

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