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People Quotes by Garrison Keillor
- Some people think it is difficult to be a Christian and to laugh, but I think it's the other way around. God writes a lot…
- We have nearly complete misunderstanding between people of different faiths in Lake Wobegon, and that's probably one reason why we get along so very well.…
- March is the month God created to show people who don't drink what a hangover is like.
- When writing loses touch with the beautiful surface of the world, it loses its way. You always want to be in touch with how things…
- It is more worthy in the eyes of God . . . if a writer makes three pages sharp and funny about the lives of…
- The reason to retire is to try to avoid embarrassment; you ought to do it before people are dropping big hints. You want to be…
- I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On the basis of…
- What keeps faith cheerful is the extreme persistence of gentleness and humor. Gentleness is everywhere in daily life, a sign that faith rules through ordinary…
- A person does feel sheepish picking on journalists, a class already so richly despised that if a planeload of them crashed in flames, most people…
- This is Democratic bedrock: we don't let people lie in the ditch and drive past and pretend not to see them dying. Here on the…
- A cruise ship is a floating town of lazy people.
- There's so many people who move around our country and lose track of their own ancestry. It's nice to know where you come from.
- The majority of people who keel over dead at concerts are killed by a long trumpet passage.
- Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.
- They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few…
- Librarians, Dusty, possess a vast store of politeness. These are people who get asked regularly the dumbest questions on God's green earth. These people tolerate…
- One reads books in order to gain the privilege of living more than one life. People who don't read are trapped in a mine shaft,…
- Just because we're fictional characters doesn't mean you can pick us up and move us anywhere you want.--the people of Lake Woebegon
- We come from people who brought us up to believe that life is a struggle, and if you should feel really happy, be patient: this…
- Some people have a love of their fellow man in their hearts, and others require a light anesthetic.
- They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize I'm going to miss mine by just a…
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- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle