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Don't just grab at the first thing that comes along. Know when to refuse something that won't get you anywhere

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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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I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat! If we ever pass out as a great nation we ought to put on our tombstone 'America died from a delusion that she had moral leadership.'
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This thing about getting rid of a man in the Cabinet is all right, but there is one bad feature to it that few people realize. That is, that unfortunately every one of them is replaced by someone else. If it wasn't for that, this resignation business would be great.
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You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one
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Funny to watch these Senators switching back and forth on Prohibition. Politics is a great character builder. You have to take a referendum to see what your convictions are for that day.
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Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
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When the Okies left Oklahoma and moved to California, they raised the average intelligence level in both states.
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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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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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Polo, racing and horse shows all are doing great work to help the farmer and rancher to raise better horses.
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The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.
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Every land or property owner in America would be tickled to death to pay 45 per cent of his profits, if he didn't have to pay anything if he didn't make it.
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The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
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We have the best Congress that money can buy.
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More words ain't good for anything in the world only to bring on more argument.
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If you let women have their way, you will generally get even with them in the end.
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The way to make money in the stock market is to buy a stock. Then, when it goes up, sell it. If it's not going to go up, don't buy it!
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Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
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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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