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“Dogsled-riding is a sport that is relaxing as well as fragrant.”

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Dave Barry is a renowned American humorist, born on July 3, 1947. His works are known for their unique humor style and satirical observations of everyday life. more

“How many of us are able to distinguish between the odors of noon and midnight, or of winter and summer, or of a windy spell and a still one? If man is so generally less happy in the cities than in the country, it is because all these variations and nuances of sight and smell and sound are less clearly marked and lost in the general monotony of gray walls and cement pavements.”

Ifs Men Stills Country Able Lost Sound Cities Wall Summer Sight Winter Smell Gray Spells Midnight Variation Noon Nuance Cement Monotony Pavement Odor Windy

Book:Lin Yutang - The Importance Of Living

Source: Lin Yutang - The Importance Of Living

“O wise humanity, terribly wise humanity! How inscrutable is the civilization where men toil and work and worry their hair gray to get a living and forget to play!”

Men Play Humanity Forget Worry Wise Hair Civilization Gray Toil Inscrutable

Book:The Importance of Living

Source: The Importance of Living

“It was the silent time before dawn, along the shores of what had been one of the most beautiful lakes in southern Africa.”

Beautiful Silent Dawn Lakes Shore Southern Southern Africa

Book:The Covenant: A Novel

Source: The Covenant: A Novel

“I think people get fixated on the example of an idea.”

People Thinking Ideas Example

Author:Joshua Homme

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