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Hobson: Thrilling to meet you, Gloria.
Gloria: Hi.
Hobson: Yes... You obviously have a wonderful economy with words, Gloria. I look forward to your next syllable with great eagerness.

"One of the many signs of our (cultural) decline these days has been that verbal insults are almost invariably sexual or scatological, provoking a blizzard of asterisks whenever A wishes to put a smackdown on B. Once upon a time, it was not so. Once the ability to come up with a clever insult that could be remembered was thought an important, if not a necessary, component of being a gentleman."

"My learned Nipponese friend is obviously in training to be a clown, the way he regales us with such witticisms. To your future career in the circus."
Barok Van Zieks, Offering a "toast" to Naruhodo's logic, The Great Ace Attorney

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