Today is Thursday, November 30th, 2017; Karen's Korner #3699

As Wright County's Hawk-Eye reporter for OUR IOWA magazine, I receive a colorful calendar from them as a Christmas gift.

Here are a couple of fun quotes from famous Iowans' maybe funny sayings. Enjoy:

"The old farmer sez:

'Old age is when you still have something on the ball,

but you're just too tired to bounce it.'"

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"I was so naive as a kid, I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing."

~ Johnny Carson, born in Corning, long-time TV host of "Tonight Show".

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"There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience."

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"Anger is only one letter short of danger."

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"Courage is being scared to death......and saddling up anyway."

~ John Wayne, actor and Winterset native

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"If your outgo exceeds your income, your upkeep will be your downfall."

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"The old farmer sez:

'Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?'"

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"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."

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"Train up a child in the way he or she should go,

and walk there yourself once in a while."

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"When you've seen one shopping center,

you've seen a mall."

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"I didn't have to make up anything. I simply remembered Mason City as closely as I could."

 ~ Composer Meredith Willson, speaking of River City and his hit musical 'The Music Man'

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