twain
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Asked by AFP about Russia's economic woes, the Russian leader on Thursday channelled Mark Twain.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
As Twain later recalled, he was informed that there was a striking cavity in one particular region of his brain, indicating “a total absence of the sense of humor.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
As someone — possibly Mark Twain — once said, it’s not what you don’t know that really gets you into trouble, but what you think you know that just ain’t so.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
He received the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy in early 2025.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
Therefore, the Mississippi as Father-God-Moses-Daddy-Phallus-Pops is an altogether false motif begun, I would imagine, by that dreary fraud, Mark Twain.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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