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Garrison Keillor Quotes

I hear a little firecracker go off when you come up with a good rhyme Picture Quote #1

God plays a lot of jokes on us to get our attention Picture Quote #1

Marriage, friends, is a lifelong feast; love is no light lunch Picture Quote #1

Being rich and thin isn’t everything Picture Quote #1

A cruise ship is a floating town of lazy people Picture Quote #1

I don’t associate work with feelings of satisfaction. Rather, guilt, frustration, and resentment of people who write better than I do Picture Quote #1

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Nothing that readers say or do strikes me as a nuisance. Anyone who cracks open a book of mine is, to me, a gem Picture Quote #1

I’m a lucky guy. I get to sit around every day and indulge in make believe and get paid for it Picture Quote #1

I grew up in a fundamentalist protestant family that stressed that we were a select people and so we were to avoid contact with others who did not share our faith Picture Quote #1

There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction and in writing, pushing my family away. Books and authors became my family Picture Quote #1

I think that you are only obliged to be a humorist from the age of 18 until you turn 30. Past the age of 30 I don’t think there is any obligation to be clever at all Picture Quote #1

You don’t want to get that sort of sound in your writing that boing that gives you away Picture Quote #1

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I don’t have a great eye for detail. I leave blanks in all of my stories. I leave out all detail, which leaves the reader to fill in something better Picture Quote #1

As for kissing on the first date, you should never date someone whom you would not wish to kiss immediately Picture Quote #1

It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn’t hear the barbarians coming Picture Quote #1

The funniest line in English is ‘Get it?’ When you say that, everyone chortles Picture Quote #1

The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, ‘Daddy, I need to ask you something,’ he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan Picture Quote #1

My ancestors were Puritans from England. They arrived here in 1648 in the hope of finding greater restrictions than were permissible under English law at that time Picture Quote #1

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I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers’ work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver Picture Quote #1

IMPORTANT Book reading is a solitary and sedentary pursuit, and those who do are cautioned that a book should be used as an integral part of a well-rounded life, including a daily regimen of rigorous physical exercise, rewarding personal relationships, and sensible low-fat diet. A book should not be used a as a substitute or an excuse Picture Quote #1

I was afraid you had deceased,’ he said. ‘Or gotten engrossed in a long book Picture Quote #1

When you wage war on the public schools, you’re attacking the mortar that holds the community together. You’re not a conservative, you’re a vandal Picture Quote #1

Don’t tear up the page and start over again when you write a bad line-try to write your way out of it. Make mistakes and plunge on. Writing is a means of discovery, always Picture Quote #1

Ralph Stanley is like an uncle to us and now that all my uncles are gone, Ralph’s singing is even more precious. This album of classic folk songs is one of his best Picture Quote #1

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I love rhymes; I love to write a poem about New York and rhyme ‘oysters’ with ‘The Cloisters.’ And ‘The lady from Knoxville who bought her brassieres by the boxful.’ I just feel a sort of small triumph Picture Quote #1

I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On the basis of that wrong impression, I became the editor of the campus literary magazine Picture Quote #1

Minnesota is a state of public-spirited and polite people, where you can get a good cappucino and eat Thai food and find any book you want and yet live on a quiet tree-lined street with a backyard and send your kids to public school. When a state this good hits the jackpot, it can only be an inspiration to everybody Picture Quote #1

Sport is a seductive metaphor (life as a game in which we gain victory through hard work, discipline, and visualizing success). but the older metaphor of farming (life as hard labor that is subject to weather and quirks of blind fate and may return no reward whatsoever and don’t be surprised) is still in our blood Picture Quote #1

Roy Blount’s stuff makes me laugh so hard, sometimes I have to go sit in a room and shut the door Picture Quote #1

You’ve got work to do. Don’t put this off. And don’t take the long view, here. You know? Life is today and tomorrow and- and if you’re lucky, next week Picture Quote #1

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I hear a little firecracker go off when you come up with a good rhyme (Garrison Keillor Quotes) God plays a lot of jokes on us to get our attention (Garrison Keillor Quotes) Marriage, friends, is a lifelong feast; love is no light lunch (Garrison Keillor Quotes) Being rich and thin isn’t everything (Garrison Keillor Quotes) A cruise ship is a floating town of lazy people (Garrison Keillor Quotes) I don’t associate work with feelings of satisfaction. Rather, guilt, frustration, and resentment of people who write better than I do (Garrison Keillor Quotes) Nothing that readers say or do strikes me as a nuisance. Anyone who cracks open a book of mine is, to me, a gem (Garrison Keillor Quotes) I’m a lucky guy. I get to sit around every day and indulge in make believe and get paid for it (Garrison Keillor Quotes) I grew up in a fundamentalist protestant family that stressed that we were a select people and so we were to avoid contact with others who did not share our faith (Garrison Keillor Quotes) There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction and in writing, pushing my family away. Books and authors became my family (Garrison Keillor Quotes) I think that you are only obliged to be a humorist from the age of 18 until you turn 30. Past the age of 30 I don’t think there is any obligation to be clever at all (Garrison Keillor Quotes) You don’t want to get that sort of sound in your writing that boing that gives you away (Garrison Keillor Quotes) I don’t have a great eye for detail. I leave blanks in all of my stories. I leave out all detail, which leaves the reader to fill in something better (Garrison Keillor Quotes) As for kissing on the first date, you should never date someone whom you would not wish to kiss immediately (Garrison Keillor Quotes) It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn’t hear the barbarians coming (Garrison Keillor Quotes) The funniest line in English is ‘Get it?’ When you say that, everyone chortles (Garrison Keillor Quotes) The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, ‘Daddy, I need to ask you something,’ he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan (Garrison Keillor Quotes) My ancestors were Puritans from England. They arrived here in 1648 in the hope of finding greater restrictions than were permissible under English law at that time (Garrison Keillor Quotes) I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers’ work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver (Garrison Keillor Quotes) IMPORTANT Book reading is a solitary and sedentary pursuit, and those who do are cautioned that a book should be used as an integral part of a well-rounded life, including a daily regimen of rigorous physical exercise, rewarding personal relationships, and sensible low-fat diet. A book should not be used a as a substitute or an excuse (Garrison Keillor Quotes) I was afraid you had deceased,’ he said. ‘Or gotten engrossed in a long book (Garrison Keillor Quotes) When you wage war on the public schools, you’re attacking the mortar that holds the community together. You’re not a conservative, you’re a vandal (Garrison Keillor Quotes) Don’t tear up the page and start over again when you write a bad line-try to write your way out of it. Make mistakes and plunge on. Writing is a means of discovery, always (Garrison Keillor Quotes) Ralph Stanley is like an uncle to us and now that all my uncles are gone, Ralph’s singing is even more precious. This album of classic folk songs is one of his best (Garrison Keillor Quotes) I love rhymes; I love to write a poem about New York and rhyme ‘oysters’ with ‘The Cloisters.’ And ‘The lady from Knoxville who bought her brassieres by the boxful.’ I just feel a sort of small triumph (Garrison Keillor Quotes) I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On the basis of that wrong impression, I became the editor of the campus literary magazine (Garrison Keillor Quotes) Minnesota is a state of public-spirited and polite people, where you can get a good cappucino and eat Thai food and find any book you want and yet live on a quiet tree-lined street with a backyard and send your kids to public school. When a state this good hits the jackpot, it can only be an inspiration to everybody (Garrison Keillor Quotes) Sport is a seductive metaphor (life as a game in which we gain victory through hard work, discipline, and visualizing success). but the older metaphor of farming (life as hard labor that is subject to weather and quirks of blind fate and may return no reward whatsoever and don’t be surprised) is still in our blood (Garrison Keillor Quotes) Roy Blount’s stuff makes me laugh so hard, sometimes I have to go sit in a room and shut the door (Garrison Keillor Quotes) You’ve got work to do. Don’t put this off. And don’t take the long view, here. You know? Life is today and tomorrow and- and if you’re lucky, next week (Garrison Keillor Quotes)

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