Quote by Fred Allen
We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history th

We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion. – Fred Allen

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The last time I saw him he was walking down lovers lane holding his own hand. – Fred Allen

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Time
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Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted. – Fred Allen

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Puns
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The first time I sang in the church choir two hundred people changed their religion. – Fred Allen

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funny
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The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but a very circumscribed and not very important heroic age. – Lascelles Abercrombie

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You can have a spiritual awakening and discover a new side of you at any age. And best of all, love can happen at any age. Life can just start to get exciting when youre in your 40s and 50s. You have to believe that. – Salma Hayek

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Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we dont begin thinking about education in the early years, our children are at risk of falling behind by the time they start Kindergarten. – Robert. L. Ehrlich

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At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music. – Satyajit Ray

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If God had intended us to be alone, there would be more pleasure in massaging our own shoulders. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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We cannot pass our guardian angels bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs. – John Keble

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Angels

It is not short of amazing, the power of a great idea to weld men together. There was in it a peculiar, intense, vital spirit if you will, that I have never felt before in any strike. – Ray Stannard Baker

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Never trust anything that can think for itself if you cant see where it keeps its brain. – J. K. Rowling

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