When people say it's a funny thing about them, you will pro… - Peg Bracken

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When people say it's a funny thing about them, you will probably be able to control your hysterics. They are only getting ready to announce the shattering fact that they don't like something. And it's not going to be something that's really quite awful, like suttee or apartheid; it's going to be something small.

Peg Bracken

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Ruth Eleanor "Peg" Bracken (February 25 1918 – October 20 2007) was an American author.

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When people say it's a funny thing about them, you will probably be able to control your hysterics. They are only getting ready to announce the shatt… - Peg Bracken

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