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You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have had a little sense knocked into it.

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Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.

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Robert Benchley

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Born: September 15, 1889
Died: November 21, 1945 (aged 56)
Bio: Robert Charles Benchley was an American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and film actor.
Known for:
  1. The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
  2. Foreign Correspondent (1940)
  3. How to Sleep (1935)
  4. A Night at the Movies (1937)
  5. I Married a Witch (1942)
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