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Another good thing about gossip is that it is within everybody's reach, And it is much more interesting than any other form of speech.

Ogden Nash

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Ogden Nash
Age: 68 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 19
Died: 1971
Died: May 19
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Screenwriter
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New York
United States
Frederic Ogden Nash
Another
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Gossip
Much
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Good
Speech
Everybody
Within
Interesting

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