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Robert Benchley

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We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on.


— Robert Benchley


#call #door #drum #free #hotel

Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?


— Robert Benchley


#coat #dry #get #into #martini

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.


— Robert Benchley


#coming #family #frozen #getting #had

In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop.


— Robert Benchley


#bathroom #children #curiosity #house #old

Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other.


— Robert Benchley


#already #cannot #child #children #dogs

A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.


— Robert Benchley


#before #boy #dog #down #importance

In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children.


— Robert Benchley


#america #children #class #classes #first

Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.


— Robert Benchley


#afraid #phobias #tell #us #will

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.


— Robert Benchley


#behind #every #ignorance #someone

The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.


— Robert Benchley


#man #paid #per #perhaps #piece






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PubliRobert Benchleyd by Wings (January 30 1996) ISBN 978-0-517-41139-1. The resulting film How to Sleep was filmed in two days and featured Benchley as both the narrator and sleeper the latter a role Benchley claimed was "not much of a strain as [he] was in bed most of the time. A.

His legacy includes written work and numerous short film appearances. He also made a name for himself in Hollywood when his short film How to Sleep was a popular success and won Best Short Subject at the 1935 Academy Awards and his many memorable appearances in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent and a dramatic turn in Nice Girl?. From his beginnings at the Harvard Lampoon while attending Harvard University through his many years writing essays and articles for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker and his acclaimed short films Benchley's style of humor brought him respect and success during his life from New York City and his peers at the Algonquin Round Table to contemporaries in the burgeoning film industry.

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