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I felt bad for that world that we have given a generation of kids.
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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People always are encouraging about a terrible loss, so that sometimes the loser would like to strangle them.
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I like to sing and it's just really fun to sing, and I don't get too much. And at my house I'm not allowed to because, you know, your children can't stand it when you sing at home.
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March is the month God created to show people who don't drink what a hangover is like.
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Winter: It's not just a season, it's who we are.
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God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.
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Those people on daytime TV talking about how their parents never gave them the positive feedback they needed and that's why they shot them- those are not Minnesotans.
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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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... I never was one to get upset about a few scratches on a motor vehicle, it is meant to be used, not saved.
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You're such a big liar you gotta get your neighbor to call your dog.
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They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.
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Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.
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I think there's a lot of power in listening to one person talking to you. And this should never be underestimated.One person sitting and talking to you and, you're pulled in, in ways that technology and art and all cannot.
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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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To Norwegians, the polka is a form of martial art.
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It is a sin to believe evil of others but it is seldom a mistake.
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A child can educate just about anybody.
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