I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On the basis of that wrong impression, I became the editor of the campus literary magazine.

Garrison Keillor
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  2. Clothes don't make a man. They only make an impression and even then, you dress to suit the occasion. - Anthony T. Hincks

  3. Many obese people spend a significant amount of their energy on suppressing the urge to tell some of the people who are staring at them that they do not eat as much and as frequently as they seem to. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana

  4. When selecting a one-night stand, a heterosexual woman who is materialistic is a trillion times more likely to choose a sexually unattractive poor man who seems rich over a sexually attractive rich man who seems poor. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana

  5. Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana

More Quotes By Garrison Keillor
  1. I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.

  2. Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.

  3. Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose.

  4. When in doubt, look intelligent.

  5. The French have a new president, the British will soon have a new P.M., and we envy them as we endure the endless wait for this small dim man to go back to Texas and resume his life.

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