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Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful if some manufacturer would make a toy as tough, as staunch, as hard to crack open as the carton it comes in!
Jean Kerr
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Jean Kerr
Age: 82 †
Born: 1922
Born: July 10
Died: 2005
Died: January 5
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Scranton
Pennsylvania
Bridget Jean Collins
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Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.
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A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, anymore than a good mortician wants to finish his job and then have the patient sit up on the table.
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