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The Schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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We know lots of things we didn't use to know but we don't know any way to prevent 'em from happening.
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I have often said in answer to inquiries as to how I got away with kidding some of our public men, that it was because I liked all of them personally, and that if there was no malice in your heart there could be none in your Gags, and I have always said I never met a man I dident like.
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I will never joke about old soldiers who try to get to reunions to talk over the war again. To talk of old times with old friends is the greatest thing in the world.
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The only way to solve the traffic problems of the country is to pass a law that only paid-for cars are allowed to use the highways. That would make traffic so scarce, we could use our boulevards for children's playgrounds.
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We don't give our criminals much punishment, but we sure give 'em plenty of publicity.
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I wonder if it isn't just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips.
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If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.
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Prosperity this Winter is going to be enjoyed by everybody that is fortunate enough to get into the poor farm.
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Now I am not unpatriotic, and I want to do my bit, so I hereby offer my services to my President, my country and my friends to do anything, outside of serving on a commission, that I can in this great movement. But you will have to give me some idea of where confidence is. And just who you want it restored to.
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The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
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If we could just go back the last two or three years and do our buying a little more carefully, why... we would be O.K.
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Rotation of crops and less automobiles will relieve the farmers whenever they decide to try it.
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We are here just for a spell and then pass on. So get a few laughs and do the best you can. Live your life so that whenever you lose it, you are ahead.
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A politician is not as narrow-minded as he forces himself to be.
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We Americans think we are pretty good! We want to build a house, we cut down some trees. We want to build a fire, we dig a little coal. But when we run out of all these things, then we will find out just how good we really are.
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There is no argument in the world that carries the hatred that a relioious belief does. The more learned a man is, the less consideration he has for another man's belief.
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