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In a place where everybody thinks alike, nobody thinks very much.

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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Nobody
Everybody
Place
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