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Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.

~Fred Allen

Topics: Anything Because Done Medium Rare Television Well Well Done

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A conference is a gathering of people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.

~Fred Allen

Topics: Conference Decide Done Gathering Nothing People Together Who

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I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement.

~Fred Allen

Topics: Amazement Instrument Little Musical Musical Instrument My Own Only Own Play

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I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

~Fred Allen

Topics: Annoy Like Long Me People Taken Walks Who

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A celebrity is a person who works hard all of their life to become well known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.

~Fred Allen

Topics: Avoid Become Being Celebrity Dark Glasses Hard Known Life Person Recognized Then Wears Well Well Known Who Works

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Committee - a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done.

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Topics: Committee Decide Done Group Individually Men Nothing Who

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A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.

~Fred Allen

Topics: Any Gentleman Hat His Hit Man Who Woman

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It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals.

~Fred Allen

Topics: Achievement Alliance Around Dependence Each Go Goals Love Makes Mutually Other Partners Private Rather Recognize Shared Supportive Those Through Which World

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Most of us spend the first six days of each week sowing wild oats; then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure.

~Fred Allen

Topics: Church Crop Days Each Each Week Failure First Go Most Oats Pray Pray For Six Six Days Sowing Spend Sunday Then Us Week Wild

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A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but who, as a group, can meet and decide that nothing can be done.

~Fred Allen

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: May 31st, 1894

Died: March 17th, 1956

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