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Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

~Dave Barry

Topics: Cares Dance Get Just Nobody Nobody Cares Up Well You

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If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.'

~Dave Barry

Topics: Achieve Achieved Full Full Potential Had Human Human Race Identify Meetings Never One Word Potential Race Reason Why Will Word Would You

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Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.

~Dave Barry

Topics: Bad Beer Chemicals Example For Example Hydrogen Ingredient Make Oxygen Vital Water Way Without Would

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Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid.

~Dave Barry

Topics: Believe Biological Breasts Function Make Males Now Primary Scientists Stupid

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The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.

~Dave Barry

Topics: Blocks Building Building Blocks Fire Four Gravel Universe Vinyl Water

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Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business.

~Dave Barry

Topics: Business Camping Motel Nature Promoting Way

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The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers.

~Dave Barry

Topics: Age Background Beings Believe Drivers Ethnic Gender Human Human Beings One Thing Regardless Religion The One Thing Thing Unites

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Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.

~Dave Barry

Topics: Again Choice Come Deeply Each Going His Holiday Mall Once Own Religious Season Time Us Way

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We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out how it travels inside wires.

~Dave Barry

Topics: Because Believe Bills Cannot Company Electric Electricity Exists Figure How Inside Keeps Out Sending Travels Us We Cannot Wires

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It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent.

~Dave Barry

Topics: Against Always Miles Opportunity Prevailing Rain Rains Tent Thousands Travel Will Winds

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: July 3rd, 1947

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