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Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and un

Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and uncouth fun, have of late lost all their gaiety, and small wonder. – Russell Baker

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Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through OHare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it. – Russell Baker

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The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. – Russell Baker

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Goals
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It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic. – Russell Baker

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Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion. – Thomas Browne

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I really wouldnt want to live in America. I found New York claustrophobic and dirty. I missed England when I was there, simple things like smells and the British sense of humor. – Jonny Lee Miller

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Humor

Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they dont call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing. – William Collins

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Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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Humor

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