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“Marrying for sex is like flying to London for the free peanuts and pretzels. It's not the point of the thing, is it?”

Quote by Garrison Keillor

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Garrison Keillor

English biography, 120-180 words more

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“We know how rough the road will be, how heavy here the load will be, we know about the barricades that wait along the track, but we have set our soul ahead upon a certain goal ahead and nothing left from hell to sky shall ever turn us back.”

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“They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.”

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“Be what you wish your children to be. Parents have perpetuated by precept and example their own stamp of character to their posterity.”

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“The song "My Way" is a very remarkable song. It is also difficult to sing because you've got to convince people that what you're singing about is the truth. It's a man who is very proud of having achieved everything that he's achieved his way.”

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“Badfinger was pretty good. It was a very sad story, though, because the guy, he ended up killing himself, Pete Ham, who was a lovely fellow, he was a good guitar player and a great singer, he wrote, the most famous tune I would imagine is "Without You", you know the Harry Nilsson record.”

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“I think Badfinger was the epitome of that type of music before the power pop term was coined. 'No Matter What" is always gonna be a great song on the radio. There?s probably two or three others off their records that are as cool like 'Day After Day'.”

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