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Some of us have a relentless urge to attempt what we can never be good at and neglect our true calling.

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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Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
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I think that you are only obliged to be a humorist from the age of 18 until you turn 30. Past the age of 30 I don't think there is any obligation to be clever at all.
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