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What's absolutely impossible to prove is the idea of innate and everlasting equality.

Jim Goad

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Jim Goad
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 12
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I'm arrogant enough to tell you that I'm smart enough to have scored higher on my Scholastic Aptitude Test than any US president whose SAT score has been made public. I even scored higher than ex-presidential candidate Al Gore, whose SAT score was so high, it was deemed as potentially off-putting to voters.
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