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«I hate rap music, which to me sounds like a bunch of angry men shouting, possibly because the person who was supposed to provide them with a melody never showed up»
«The most powerful force in the universe is gossip.»
«Florida's number three industry, behind tourism and skin cancer, is voter fraud»
Author: Dave Barry
(Humorist, Writer)
| About:
America and Americans
| Keywords:
Cancer, Florida, fraud, industry, skin cancer, tourism, voter
«For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball.»
«Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes.»
Author: Dave Barry
(Humorist, Writer)
| About:
Business
| Keywords:
big business, consumer, Nader, nickel, nickels, organization, pays, Ralph, Ralph Nader, represents, taxes
«Thanks to my solid academic training, today I can write hundreds of words on virtually any topic without possessing a shred of information, which is how I got a good job in journalism.»
Author: Dave Barry
(Humorist, Writer)
| Keywords:
academic, Academics, hundreds, information, journalism, possessing, shred, shredded, solid, solidest, thanks, topic, training, virtually
«Crabgrass can grow on bowling balls in airless rooms, and there is no known way to kill it that does not involve nuclear weapons.»
Author: Dave Barry
(Humorist, Writer)
| Keywords:
airless, bowling, bowling ball, crabgrass, involve, no ball, nuclear, nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons, rooms
«American business long ago gave up on demanding that prospective employees be honest and hardworking. It has even stopped hoping for employees who are educated enough that they can tell the difference between the men's room and the women's room without having little pictures on the doors.»
Author: Dave Barry
(Humorist, Writer)
| Keywords:
ago, American, American Woman, demanding, doors, educated, employees, gave, hardworking, honest woman, hoping, long ago, pictures, prospective, stopped, The Doors, The Men, The Women, up on
«We journalists... are also extremely impressed with scientists, and we will, frankly, print just about any wacky thing they tell us, especially if it involves outer space.»
Author: Dave Barry
(Humorist, Writer)
| About:
Journalism,
Scientists
| Keywords:
extremely, frankly, impressed, involves, Journalists, just about, outer, outer space, print, scientists, wacky
«This is true; virtually all edible substances, and many automotive products, are now marketed as being low-fat or fat-free. Americans are obsessed with fat content.»
Author: Dave Barry
(Humorist, Writer)
| Keywords:
automotive, edible, fat-free, Free market, marketed, substances
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