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In my more pompous moments i like to think of myself as a writer rather than a humorist, but i suppose that's merely the vanity of advancing age.
-S. J. Perelman
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In My More Pompous Moments I Like

S. J. Perelman
In my more pompous moments i like to think of myself as a writer rather than a humorist, but i suppose that's merely the vanity of advancing age.
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