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Max Eastman

"It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor."

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"It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor."

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"Rest assured you make perfectly good nonsense. I understand you one-hundred-percent not at all."

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"Extolling the virtues of conservation of energy, Churchill advised, "Never stand when you can sit, and never sit when you can lie down."

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"Hey, guard! Ian hollered out loud. "Do you think we could get a bathroom break? The guard seemed to snicker as he pointed to the grass outside the cell. Eena smirked at how dead-on her thoughts had been after all. "Come on, Ian complained. "She can't do that, she's a girl. The soldier smiled wryly, a shrug communicating his indifference. Eena laughed in her mind. (I don't know what you think's so funny. You're the one who's gotta pee.) Oddly enough, that fact just made her laugh even more."

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