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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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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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Common sense ain't common.
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Syntax must be bad, having sin and tax in it.
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I like to hear a man talk about himself because then I never hear anything, but good.
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After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him... The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
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Every time somebody has thought of relief for the farmer it has been to make it so he could borrow more money. What he needs is some way to pay back. Not some way to borrow more.
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It rained in the Middle West. Farmers are learning that the relief they get from the sky beats what they get from Washington.
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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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There wasn't any Republicans in Washington's day. No Republicans, no Boll Weevil, no income tax, no cover charge, no disarmament conference, no luncheon clubs, no stop lights, no static, no head winds. My Lord, living in those days, who wouldn't be great?
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We do more talking progress than we do progressing.
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Technocracy wants to do everything by machinery. Machinery is doing just fine. If it can't kill you, it will put you out of work.
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We have plenty of Confidence in this country, but we are a little short of good men to place our Confidence in.
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Golf is good for the soul. You get so mad at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
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They are voting whether to keep a governor two years or four. I think a good, honest governor should get four years, and the others life.
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Any person that don't read at least one well-written country newspaper is not truly informed.
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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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It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.
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Say, this new home building idea of President Hoover's sounds good. They are working out a lot of beneficial things. The only thing is it took 'em so long to think of any of 'em. We ought to have plans in case of depression, just like we do in case of fire, 'Walk, don't run, to the nearest exit.'
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It's one of the most progressive cities in the world. Shooting is only a sideline.
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Never blame a legislative body for not doing something. When they do nothing, that don't hurt anybody. When they do something is when they become dangerous.
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