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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
Like
Wildfire
Smoldering
Wildfires
Continues
Starts
Humor
Years

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Lincoln was known to have walked miles to borrow books, to get the most rudimentary form of education. So what do we do on his birthday? We close the schools!
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They say kids today don't know the value of a dollar. They certainly do know the value of a dollar. That's why they ask for five.
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Wait'll next year! is the favorite cry of baseball fans, football fans, hockey fans, and gardeners.
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Economists can certainly disappoint you. One said that the economy would turn up by the last quarter. Well, I'm down to mine and it hasn't.
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Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.
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Individuality' is the key to success.
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I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.
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Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator.
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