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There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.

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Thomas Sowell
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: June 30
Economist
University Teacher
Gastonia
North Carolina
Honesty
Complete
Telling
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Two
Truth
Posthumously
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