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The origin of this phrase is unknown. The phrase was popularized by character Hank Moody, portrayed by David Duchovny, in the television series Californication. Moody said this line to himself while looking in the mirror before attending an event in Season One, Episode 2. Californication is a program produced for Showtime about Hank Moody, a novelist who lives life in the fast lane putting his personal life and career at risk. 

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The bawdy phrase “You’re perverted, twisted and sick, I like that in a person” has been transferred onto memorabilia items like buttons, hats, and mugs, but it originated from cartoonist and card-maker Barbara Dale. Dale opened her business Dale Cards in 1979 and became known for her greeting cards and illustrations featuring edgy humor. Dale published multiple books, and her comic, The Stanley Family, went into syndication; she also received the Jack Davis Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cartooning from the National Cartoonists Society. In 2023, the Peale Museum in Baltimore premiered an exhibit featuring Dale’s work.

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Isaac Asimov, renowned science fiction author, gained credit for this statement, "Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." However, there has been no solid evidence stating Asimov said or wrote this quote. In fact, the earliest reference to this statement was found in a 1961 edition of The Saturday Evening Post, attributed to Harold Coffin a humor columnist for the Associated Press. 

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The phrase, "Nothing was every accomplished by a reasonable man," comes from the play Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw. The modernization of man to person is more inclusive of any gender. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was born in Dublin, Ireland. During his early years, his work was rejected by publishers. He transitioned to writing reviews about books, art, and theater in 1895. Shaw won a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.

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The phrase "in for penny, in for a pound" is a common English idiom, meaning if one is involved in something even to a small degree, they may as well be fully involved. A common American equivalent states "in for a dime, in for a dollar." The sentiment dates back to at least 1678, when naturalist John Ray stated one might "as good be hang'd for an old sheep as a young lamb," meaning that if one were to be punished for committing either a minor or major crime (here stealing either an old sheep or a young lamb), they may as well commit the more serious one. 

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“I’m on a seafood diet. I see food I eat it!” is a pun based on the word “seafood” being both a rhyme and similar to the words “see food”. The pun also rejects the notion of being on a diet of only seafood, but rather eating any food that is visible. 

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