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We thank you [the soldiers recently returned from the middle east] for your service.

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Garrison Keillor
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 7
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Gary Edward Keillor
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Humor needs to come in under cover of darkness, in disguise, and surprise people.
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When you wage war on the public schools, you're attacking the mortar that holds the community together. You're not a conservative, you're a vandal.
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I love rhymes I love to write a poem about New York and rhyme 'oysters' with 'The Cloisters.' And 'The lady from Knoxville who bought her brassieres by the boxful.' I just feel a sort of small triumph.
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Some people have a love of their fellow man in their hearts, and others require a light anesthetic.
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People in cars cause accidents and accidents in cars cause people.
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You don't have to justify a beautiful stroke of good luck. Accept it. Smile and say thank you.
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We come from people who brought us up to believe that life is a struggle, and if you should feel really happy, be patient: this will pass.
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In the end, all solutions are temporary.
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