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For me, a hearty “belly laugh” is one of the beautiful sounds in the world.

Bennett Cerf

Oratory is the art of making a loud noise sound like a deep thought.
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Art Deep Teaching Thought
Do I believe in ghosts? Of course I do. So do you. Deep in the souls of the most sophisticated of us is lurking a fear of the supernatural which all the discoveries of scientists cannot eradicate.
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Believe Discovery Soul
Fame – anyone who says he doesn’t like it is crazy
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Crazy Fame Madness
I think the right to read, is one of our inherent rights, and I think that people in America today are intelligent enough to decide for themselves what they want to read. Without being told, by self-appointed people, you must not read this, or you cannot read this.
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Intelligent Rights Thinking
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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College Teaching Today
The Detroit String Quartet played Brahms last night. Brahms lost.
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Detroit Lasts Night
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 person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.
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Blessed Happiness Laughter
One of the greatest threats facing book publishing, and the entire country for that matter, is censorship.
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Book Country Matter
Football season: The only time of the year when a man can walk down the street with a blond on one arm and a blanket on the other without encountering raised eyebrows.
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Football Men Years
Good manners: The noise you don’t make when you’re eating soup.
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Cooking Food Soup
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
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
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
Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don’t recognize you.
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Age Birthday Middle

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