Kingsley Amis was one of a trio of brilliant comic novelists who made English literature sparkle in the … - Russell Baker

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Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the moment for our evolution, and gives us the best advantage for the development of ourselves.

Russell Baker

Kingsley Amis was one of a trio of brilliant comic novelists who made English literature sparkle in the twentieth century.

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Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down.

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It was dramatic to watch my grandmother decapitate a turkey with an ax the day before Thanksgiving. Nowadays the expense of hiring grandmothers for the ax work would probably qualify all turkeys so honored with gourmet status.

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People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure.

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When it comes to cars, only two varieties of people are possible - cowards and fools.

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What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most Americans, yet he manages not only to live there but also to grow trees and cockroaches right on the premises.

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