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Never miss a chance to shut up

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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Journalist
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Stage Actor
Oologah
Oklahoma
William Penn Adair Rogers
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Andrew Jackson was the first one to think up the idea to promise everybody that if they will vote for you, you will give them an office when you get it, and the more times they vote for you, the bigger the office.
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Just because it's common sense, doesn't mean it's common practice.
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The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
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