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Spinnin' a rope is fun if your neck ain't in it

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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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William Penn Adair Rogers
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America is a land of opportunity and don't ever forget it.
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We are the only nation in the world that waits till we get into a war before we start getting ready for it.
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Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans
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I don't care how little your country is, you got a right to run it like you want to. When the big nations quit meddling then the world will have peace.
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I would never make a good economist. You know, an economist is a man that can tell you anything about — well, he will tell you what can happen under any given condition — and his guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's, too.
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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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If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
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When I die, my epitaph or whatever you call those signs on gravestones is going to read: I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I didn't like. I am so proud of that I can hardly wait to die so it can be carved. And when you come to my grave you will find me sitting there, proudly reading it.
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