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You never know how much a man can't remember until he is called as a witness.

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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad as some of our newspapers make 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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