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The distance between taking social action and having the knowledge is as wide as the mouth of the Mississippi.

Mort Sahl

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Mort Sahl
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: May 11
Actor
Comedian
Journalist
Montreal
Quebec
Morton Lyon Sahl
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Taking
Knowledge
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Mississippi
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Most people past college age are not atheists. It's too hard to be in society, for one thing. Because you don't get any days off. And if you're an agnostic you don't know whether you get them off or not.
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Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they've stolen.
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Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost.
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I watched Ken Burns' Civil War series on PBS. My favorite segment is when Bob Hope entertains the troops at Gettysburg.
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