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Calvin Trillin
1935 • American • Journalist
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Showing 10 quotesI never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.— Calvin Trillin
With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.— Calvin Trillin
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Humor
People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.— Calvin Trillin
I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you can't get rid of.— Calvin Trillin
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Funny
As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.— Calvin Trillin
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Funny
The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out.— Calvin Trillin
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Food
I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.— Calvin Trillin
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Food