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It takes hundreds of nuts to hold a car together, but it takes only one of them to scatter it all over the highway.

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Evan Esar
Age: 95 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1995
Died: January 1
American Humorist
Humorist
Hundreds
Nuts
Car
Hold
Takes
Together
Scatter
Highway
Highways

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