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• Wherein lies a poet's claim to originality? That he invents his incidents? No. That he was present when his episodes had their… — Edith Wharton
• What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce. Mark Twain Women are an alien race set down among us. — John Updike
• True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god. — Mark Twain
• It's such an honor to receive the Mark Twain Prize. To get the same award that has been given to people like… — Ellen DeGeneres
• I never dreamed I would receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, mostly because my style is so typically Austrian. — Tina Fey
• I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain. — Jackson Browne
• King Arthur and his armored goons of the Round Table functioned as the Politburo of a slave state: Camelot. Of all who… — Edward Abbey
• The best American writers have come from the hinterlands -- Mark Twain, Theodore Dreiser, Jack London, Hemingway, Faulkner, Wolfe, Steinbeck. Most of… — Edward Abbey
• As Mark Twain said, 'I love Wagner -- if only they'd cut out all that damned singing!' — Edward Abbey
• I should have caught the mistake on that spelling bee card. But as Mark Twain once said, `You should never trust a… — Dan Quayle
• Biblical backing for Mormon behavior is easy to find, although Mark Twain is reported to have denied its legitimacy to a Mormon.… — Dennis McKinsey
• Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most [borrowed from Mark Twain] — Gerard Way

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