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A sigh is an amplifier for people who suffer in silence.

Robert Orben

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Robert Orben
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: March 4
Magician
Writer
the United States of America
People
Amplifier
Amplifiers
Sigh
Suffer
Silence
Suffering
Funny

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Nowadays, you cannot be a very Effective political figure without Having a demonstrable sense of humor. People take to it.
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Successful salesman: someone who has found a cure for the common cold shoulder.
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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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A toast to the weapons of war, may they rust in peace.
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Older people shouldn't eat health food, they need all the preservatives they can get.
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Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away.
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Do your kids a favor - don't have any.
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Faith, indeed, has up to the present not been able to move real mountains.... But it can put mountains where there are none. Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
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