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Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed.

Walter Lippmann

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Walter Lippmann
Age: 85 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 23
Died: 1974
Died: December 14
Journalist
Politician
Writer
New York City
New York
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Stop
Belief
Talking
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Thoughtful
Time
Believed

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