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He knows that you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy
He knows that you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy
Approximate author period: c. 1968 AD · modern
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- Ken Kesey
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- Approximate author period: c. 1968 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Ken Kesey: life dates 1935 to 2001. Wikidata Q244390, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q244390 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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