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Pumpkin pie is a living symbol of mediocrity. The best pumpkin pie you ever ate wasn't all that much different from the worst pumpkin pie you ever ate.

Garrison Keillor

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Garrison Keillor
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 7
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