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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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Oologah
Oklahoma
William Penn Adair Rogers
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There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The poor even help arrange it.
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There is an awful lot of difference between reading something and actually seeing it, for you can never tell, till you see it, just how big a liar History is.
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The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
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There is not a better day in the world to be spent than with a lot of wise old cowmen around barbecued beef, black coffee and good free holy beans.
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I was born because it was a habit in those days, people didn't know anything else.
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It looks to me like any man that wants to be President in times like these lacks something.
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Everything worthwhile is a good idea, but did you ever notice there is more bad ideas that will work than there is good ones?
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Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man we never get to vote on what he is to do.
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When you get into trouble 5,000 miles from home, you've got to have been looking for it.
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We're all ignorant, just about different stuff.
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Don't raise anything, except what fits your appetite. Then the price don't worry you. Just raise all you can eat and let the low prices go by.
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People want just taxes more than they want lower taxes. They want to know that every man is paying his proportionate share according to his wealth.
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Baseball is a skilled game. It's America's game - it, and high taxes.
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There's a simple solution to our traffic problems. We'll have business build the roads, and government build the cars.
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You can't tell what a man is like or what he is thinking when you are looking at him. You must get around behind him and see what he has been looking at.
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I bet you, if I had met Trotsky, and had had a chat with him, I would have found him a very interesting and human fellow, for I have never yet met a man I didn't like.
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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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And, when the votes are counted, let everybody, including the candidates, get into a good humor as quick as they got into a bad one.
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Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.
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Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
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