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Nobody is equal to anybody. Even the same man is not equal to himself on different days.

Thomas Sowell

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Thomas Sowell
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: June 30
Economist
University Teacher
Gastonia
North Carolina
Anybody
Equal
Nobody
Days
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Men

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