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A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

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Some like them hot, some like them cold. Some like them when they're not to darn old Some like them fat, some like them lean. Some like them only at sweet sixteen. Some like them dark, some like them light. Some like them in the park, late at night. Some like them fickle, some like them true, But the time I like them is when they're like you

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Of President Taft:

He looked at me as if I was a side dish he hadn't ordered.

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Mr Cobb took me into his library and showed me his books, of which he had a complete set.

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The curtain is lowered for seven days to denote the lapse of a week.

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Are you lost daddy I arsked tenderly.
Shut up he explained.

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Kate and Mercer gave each other a smile with a future in it.

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Ring Lardner

Ring Lardner

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Born: March 6, 1885

Died: September 25, 1933 (aged 48)

Bio: Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings about sports, marriage, and the theatre.

Known for:

You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters (1916)
The Golden Honeymoon
The Best of Ring Lardner
The Real Dope (1919)
Ring Around Max

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