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Erma-isms

Observations on Daily Life

• Did you ever notice that the first piece • Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. • If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it. • Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving. • I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of the hill. • The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one. • I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage. • Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

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