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Wit penetrates humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence humor is imagination operating on good nature.

Peggy Noonan

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Peggy Noonan
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: August 7
Author
Journalist
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Brooklyn
New York
Humor
Envelops
Imagination
Penetrates
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Verbal
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