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Ignorance lies not in the things you don't know, but in the things you know that ain't so.

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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
Actor
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William Penn Adair Rogers
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America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
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Congress is deadlocked and can’t act.
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The Supreme Court is divided almost in half on the decisions. Talk about an international court. How would we ever agree with a lot of foreigners when we can't even agree among our own judges?
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