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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - January 19, 2026
Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories - those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.
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Russell Baker (1925 - )  
On my income tax 1040 it says 'Check this box if you are blind.' I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away.
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Tom Lehrer (1928 - ), lecturing in "The Nature of Math", 4/4/90  
I once said cynically of a politician, 'He'll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.'
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Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)  
You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.
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Olin Miller  
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