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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Journalist
Politician
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Oologah
Oklahoma
William Penn Adair Rogers
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The rest of the people know the condition of the country, for they live in it, but Congress has no idea what is going on in America, so the President has to tell 'em.
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You shouldn't say anything mean about people who can't read. You should write it instead.
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Don't wait to buy land, buy land and wait.
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One of the evils of democracy is, you have to put up with the man you elect whether you want him or not.
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Your mothers get mighty shocked at you girls nowadays, but in her day, her mother was just on the verge of sending her to reform school.
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The United States never lost a war or won a conference.
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The trouble with Democrats is that they all want to run for President
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Coolidge is a better example of evolution than either Bryan or Darrow, for he knows when not to talk, which is the biggest asset the monkey possesses over the human.
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Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
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The theater is a great equalizer: it is the only place where the poor can look down on the rich.
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I'll bet you the time ain't far off when a woman won't know any more than a man.
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We cuss Congress, and we joke about 'em, but they are all good fellows at heart, and if they wasn't in Congress, why, they would be doing something else against us that might be even worse.
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Banking and after-dinner speaking are two of the most nonessential industries we have in this country. I am ready to reform, if they are.
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Plans get you into things, but you got to work your way out.
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If Wall Street paid a tax on every “game” they run, we would get enough revenue to run the government on.
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If you feel the urge, don't be afraid to go on a wild goose chase. What do you think wild geese are for anyway?
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Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago.
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The deer season just opened. A deer hunter in Ventura Country brought in his first man yesterday.
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Don't squat with your spurs on.
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Senators are a never-ending source of amusement, amazement, and discouragement.
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