Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"Balloon: Thing to take meteroric observations and commit suicide with."
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Balloons
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Demetri Martin
Comedian, Actor
"Another term for balloon is bad breath holder."
William Wordsworth
Poet
"There's something in a flying horse, There's something in a huge balloon."
Robyn Hitchcock
Musician, Singer-Songwriter
"Every so often you have to increase your profile so you can let it lower again, like a balloon."
Arthur Miller
Playwright, Essayist
"The famous are balloons far up in the sky, to be envied for their quiet freedom or shot down as enemies."
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"I remember as a child going around with "Votes For Women" balloons. I learnt early what it is to be snubbed for a good cause."
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"She would stay on the road and in hiding, a balloon floating through the sky, eating up hundreds of miles a day with a help of the perpetual tailwind."
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"Everyone will think it's stupid!" "Everyone says it's impossible." Guess what? Everyone works in the balloon factory and everyone is wrong."
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