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Humor starts like a wildfire, but then continues on, smoldering, smoldering for years.

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Robert Orben
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: March 4
Magician
Writer
the United States of America
Smoldering
Wildfires
Continues
Starts
Humor
Years
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Wildfire

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The chance to be seen as a warm, witty guy is too good an opportunity for a politician to miss.
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I don't want to say anything about my kids...but I go to PTA meetings under an assumed name!
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