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There once was a student named Bessor Whose knowledge grew lessor and lessor. It at last grew so small He knew nothing at all, And today he’s a college professor!

Bennett Cerf

I think it’s become fashionable for the snobbish egghead today to make fun of television. I’ve heard many people, boast, “I would never have a television set in my house,” well, these people are fools.
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Fun People Thinking
TV’s sameness has destroyed many things, such as the American urge toward independent thought.
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Country Independent Urges
Politicians are like ships: noisiest when lost in a fog.
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Fog Politician Ships
For me, a hearty “belly laugh” is one of the beautiful sounds in the world.
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Beautiful Laughing Sound
One of the troubles of the day, observes Mr. C.N. Peac, is that once we came upon the little red schoolhouse, whereas now we come upon the little-read school boy.
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Education School Teaching
There is a mass of people, we might as well admit, who if they weren’t watching television, would be doing absolutely nothing else.
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Else Nothing People Television
The Atomic Age is here to stay – but are we?
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Age Peace War
Most of the things that are supposed to be so objectionable in books are things that every teenager, in the United States, not only knows, but has talked about at length in school, or on the way home from school.
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Book Home Teenager
The Detroit String Quartet played Brahms last night. Brahms lost.
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Detroit Lasts Night
Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.
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Gross Ignorance Ordinary
Good manners: The noise you don’t make when you’re eating soup.
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Cooking Food Soup
I don’t stutter when I talk to God. He loves me.
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God Love Shutter
The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.
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Blessed Happiness Laughter
Oratory is the art of making a loud noise sound like a deep thought.
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Art Deep Teaching Thought
In a notable family called Stein There were Gertrude, and Ep, and then Ein. Gert’s writing was hazy, Ep’s statues were crazy, And nobody understood Ein.
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Crazy Poetry Writing
One of the greatest threats facing book publishing, and the entire country for that matter, is censorship.
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Book Country Matter

There once was a student named Bessor Whose knowledge grew lessor and lessor. It at last grew so small He knew nothing at all, And today he’s a college professor!

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