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But humor is too delicate and evanescent a thing to be extracted f

But humor is too delicate and evanescent a thing to be extracted from a book like plums from a pudding. – Beatrix, “What to Read,” The Household, supplement to Michigan Farmer and State

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes. – William Davis

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Me and Matt love to argue, but in general our sense of humor is pretty much alike. – Trey Parker

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I consider myself to have a decent sense of humor. Whats life without a sense of humor? – Mayer Hawthorne

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