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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.

Mort Sahl

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Mort Sahl
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: May 11
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