Stealing paintings

     Recently a guy in Paris nearly got away with stealing several paintings
from the Louvre. However, after planning the crime, getting in and out past
security, he was captured only 2 blocks away when his  Econoline van ran out
of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such
an obvious error,  he replied:
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     (brace yourself)
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     (this is going to hurt.)
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     (ya ready?)
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     "I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh."