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Nothing that readers say or do strikes me as a nuisance. Anyone who cracks open a book of mine is, to me, a gem.
Garrison Keillor
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Garrison Keillor
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 7
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One day Donald Trump will discover that he is owned by Lutheran Brotherhood and must re negotiate his debt load with a committee of silent Norwegians who dont understand why anyone would pay more than $120.00 for a suit.
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Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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Enough. Man is capable of reform once presented with the facts, and the fact is that bottling water and shipping it is a big waste of fuel, so stop already.
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In the end, all solutions are temporary.
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I was brought up imagining that cream rises to the top, merit wins out, the race is to the swift and riches to men of understanding, but it ain't necessarily so. The swift stand a better chance if they are also beautiful.
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We thank you [the soldiers recently returned from the middle east] for your service.
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You get old and you realize there are no answers, just stories.
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