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Patrick Dennis


Born
in Evanston, Illinois, The United States
May 18, 1921

Died
November 06, 1976

Genre
Fiction, Humor and Comedy


Edward Everett Tanner III spent the last years of his life as a butler, in spite of having been one of the most popular novelists of the 1950s and 1960s. A bisexual, he had a wife and family, but also pursued relationships with men on the side.

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“I always start writing with a clean piece of paper and a dirty mind.
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― Patrick Dennis
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“Life is a banquet and most poor s.o.b.'s are starving to death." Auntie Mame”
― Patrick Dennis, Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade
tags: humor-inspirational
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“Life is a banquet and most poor bastards are starving to death!”
― Patrick Dennis, Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade
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