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Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity.Russell Baker
In America nothing dies easier than tradition.
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It was dramatic to watch my grandmother decapitate a turkey with an ax the day before Thanksgiving. Nowadays the expense of hiring grandmothers for the ax work would probably qualify all turkeys so honored with gourmet status.
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Inanimate objects are classed scientifically into three major categories those that don't work, those that break down and those that don't get lost.
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Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity.
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The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
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