"The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance."

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"The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance."

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Arthur Capper, American Politician

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"With hindsight, we see that the Soviet Union never had a chance of world domination, but we didn't know that then."

Ken Follett, Welsh Author

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Emily Bronte, English Novelist

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W. G. Sebald, German Writer

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Deyth Banger, American Blogger

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"I don't give players a chance to hit me."

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