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The greatness of America is that it produces exuberant geniuses like Louis Armstrong and Fred Astaire and Leonard Bernstein. We are meant to be a jazzy people who talk big and jump on the table and dance we aren't supposed to be dopey and glum and brood over old injuries.

Garrison Keillor

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Garrison Keillor
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 7
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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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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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It is a sin to believe evil of others but it is seldom a mistake.
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I've seen the truth, and it makes no sense.
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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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To Norwegians, the polka is a form of martial art.
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As for kissing on the first date, you should never date someone whom you would not wish to kiss immediately.
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