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Humor is not a trick, not jokes. Humor is a presence in the world - like grace - and shines on everybody.
Garrison Keillor
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Garrison Keillor
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 7
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Gary Edward Keillor
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I've seen the truth, and it makes no sense.
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You don't want to get that sort of sound in your writing that boing that gives you away.
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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
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English is the perfect language for preachers because it allows you to talk until you think of what to say.
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Minnesota is a state of public-spirited and polite people, where you can get a good cappucino and eat Thai food and find any book you want and yet live on a quiet tree-lined street with a backyard and send your kids to public school. When a state this good hits the jackpot, it can only be an inspiration to everybody.
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Possessing the ideal makes a person nervous: you sense the inevitable decline just ahead.
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A good friend is a person who thinks you're one of the good eggs, even if he knows you're a little cracked.
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If you can't trust a Methodist with absolute power to arrest people and not have to say why, then whom can you trust?
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I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
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Scripture doesn't promise that God will remove temptation, only that you'll be given strength to withstand it.
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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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