Who said the following quote, please include documentation?

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"When I'm playful I use the meridians of longitude and parrallels of latitude for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales! I scratch my head with the lightning and purr myself to sleep with the thunder!"...?

Answer 1

Arnold, Mathew.

Answer 2

Abbott, Edwin.

Answer 3

Aquinas, Louis.

Answer 4

William Brown.

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Aurelius, Marcus.

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Alcott, Louisa May

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Asimov, Isaac.

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Andersen, Hans Christian.

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Artaud, Antonin.

Answer 10

Adonis (Adunis).

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Algers, Horatio.

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Atwood, Margaret.

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Aristophanes.

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Adams, Douglas.

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Apuleius.

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Aeschylus.

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Aesop.

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Augustine of Hippo (Saint Augustine).

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Ackroyd, Peter.

Answer 20

OK, it's time to confess. I said it. I

I was under fire in Bosnia with Hillary, and nobody heard me.

Answer 21

Aragon, Louis.

Answer 22

Adams, Henry.

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Aristotle.

Answer 24

Akhmatova, Anna

Answer 25

Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] 1835-1910. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, ch. I.

Answer 26

Angelou, Maya.

Answer 27

Alexandre, Vicente

Answer 28

Herman Melville.

Answer 29

mark twains credited with it here................

Longitude

The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

By Dava Sobel

Chapter One: Imaginary Lines

When I'm playful I use the meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales.

- Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi

Answer 30

Apollinaire, Guillaume.

Answer 31

Amis, Martin.