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Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.

Will Rogers

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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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I read where they are going to limit debate in the Senate. It used to be that a man could talk all day, but now, as soon as he tells all he knows, he has to sit down. Most of these birds will just be getting up and nodding now. Why, some of them won't be able to answer roll call.
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The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
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Some guy invented Vitamin A out of a carrot. I'll bet he can't invent a good meal out of one.
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I see a good deal of talk from Washington about lowering taxes-I hope they do get 'em lowered enough so people can afford to pay 'em
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With all our crime and all our immorality ... and about as much contentment and respose as a fresh-caged hyena, we go to tell the whole world: we are the only one with the right idea!
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You could transfer Congress over to run Standard Oil or General Motors, and they would have both things bankrupt in two years.
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One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
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Every man is ignorant - just on different subjects.
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We're all ignorant, just about different stuff.
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There are three types of men in the world. One type learns from books. One type learns from observations. And one type just has to urinate on the electric fence himself.
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Why don't somebody print the truth about our present economic situation? We spent six years of wild buying on credit - everything under the sun, whether we needed it or not - and now we are having to pay for 'em, and we are howling like a pet coon.
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Everything worthwhile is a good idea, but did you ever notice there is more bad ideas that will work than there is good ones?
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If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there
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Every Gag I tell must be based on truth. No matter how much I may exaggerate it, it must have a certain amount of Truth.... Now Rumor travels Faster, but it don't stay put as long as Truth.
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Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.
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A woman can make a man feel older or younger than his years if she so chooses. Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men. Women were made with a sense of humor so they could love men instead of laughing at them.
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Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.
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I have Indian Blood in me. I have just enough white blood for you to question my honesty!
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It is not the return on my investment that I am concerned about it's the return of my investment
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This stuff they are talking here in Congress costs the people of the United States $44 a page. That's beside what it costs to ship it to the asylums where it's read.
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