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Which Quotes by Robert Benchley
- There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them.
- For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing…
- Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent…
- Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of…
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