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People don’t like to be lectured to, but if you can make them laugh, their defenses come down, and for the time being they’ve accepted whatever truth is embedded in your humor.

Paul Krassner

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Paul Krassner
Age: 87 †
Born: 1932
Born: April 9
Died: 2019
Died: July 21
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