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I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everyt

I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. – Steven Wright

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I went to a restaurant that serves breakfast at any time. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance. – Steven Wright

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When I have a kid, I want to put him in one of those strollers for twins, then run around the mall looking frantic. – Steven Wright

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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years. – Wendell L. Willkie

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Language forces us to perceive the world as man presents it to us. – Julia Penelope

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I hate women because they have brought into the currency of our language such expressions as “all righty” and “yes indeedy” and hundreds of others. – James Thurber, “The Case Against Women”

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