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The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.
Will Rogers
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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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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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The small town is passing. It was the incubator that hatched all our big men, and that's why we haven't got as many big men today as we used to have. Take every small-town-raised leader out of business and you would have nobody left running it but vice-presidents.
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If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
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Pain is such an uncomfortable feeling that even a tiny amount of it is enough to ruin every enjoyment.
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There isn't any finer folks living than a Republican that votes the Democratic ticket.
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