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Calvin Trillin Quotes: The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.
         

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.


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