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A good book that has been in my collection for over 20 years.

A similar one is "The Power of Positive Nonsense" by the late Leo Rosten. It's long out of print but a good read. Amazon.com just states that it has limited availability. It also lists some of his other titles.

Yes, that's the same Leo Rosten who said about W. C. Fields, "Anybody who hates dogs and children can't be all bad." This quote is often incorrectly attributed to W. C. Fields. In fact, Rosten said this about W. C. Fields in a celebrity roast decades ago.

He also said, "Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable."

I think you'll like this essay of his titled An Infuriating Man.

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