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We have enough people who tell it like it is - now we could use a few who tell it like it can be.

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Robert Orben
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: March 4
Magician
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the United States of America
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Did you hear about the woman who sent out 40,000 Valentine Cards doused in perfume and signed, Guess Who? She's a divorce lawyer.
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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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Wait'll next year! is the favorite cry of baseball fans, football fans, hockey fans, and gardeners.
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There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all.
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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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President Ford used humor a great deal.
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I'm beginning to wonder about my broker. Yesterday I told him to buy a hundred shares of A.T.&T. He said, 'Would you spell that?'
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It always seems to someone outside the business that it is very difficult to write for a comedy show because it must be done quickly. Actually, it is much easier to write this humor than to do a joke or a show from scratch, because the audience knows the plot. Just mention what is going on and then deliver the punch line.
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Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
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It's amazing how important your job is when you want the day off - and how unimportant it is when you want a raise.
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With my luck, if I ever invested in General Motors, they'd bust it to Corporal!
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Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket.
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Summit meetings tend to be like panda matings. The expectations are always high, and the results usually disappointing.
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I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.
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Older people shouldn't eat health food, they need all the preservatives they can get.
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We're supposed to take our problems to a family adviser. Personally, I've never met a family adviser. They're all off somewhere listening to dirty stories.
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Successful salesman: someone who has found a cure for the common cold shoulder.
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Anybody with a good sense of humor is one-up on their competition. We respond to somebody who has the ability to make us laugh. It's a bonding influence.
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To reduce stress, avoid excitement. Spend more time with your spouse.
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Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away.
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