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If you can't beat them or join them, then do something weird. No matter how much the passengers eat, the weight of the plane stays the same. Do you sometimes feel that you are necessary but not sufficient?
Thomas Sowell
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Thomas Sowell
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: June 30
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