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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
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Journalist
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Oklahoma
William Penn Adair Rogers
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When everybody has got money they cut taxes, and when they're broke they raise them. That's statesmanship of the highest order.
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The trouble with our praying is, we just do it as a means of last resort.
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I see a good deal of talk from Washington about lowering taxes-I hope they do get 'em lowered enough so people can afford to pay 'em
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A lot of guys have had a lot of fun joking about Henry Ford because he admitted one time that he didn't know history. He don't know it, but history will know him. He has made more history than his critics ever read.
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Horsemanship through the history of all nations has been considered one of the highest accomplishments. You can't pass a park without seeing a statue of some old codger on a horse. It must be to his bravery, you can tell it's not to his horsemanship.
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You got to do more than just live in the country to be a Farmer.
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The South is dry and will vote dry. That is, everybody that is sober enough to stagger to the polls will.
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Under capitalism man exploits man under socialism the reverse is true.
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An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
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Both political parties have their good times and bad times, only they have them at different times.
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Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium unsuccessful ones will start hunting a new coach
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These dust storms.... Poor farmer spent a lifetime fixin' his farm and everything, goes out and looks down at it, and it's up above him.
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The only way to solve the traffic problems of the country is to pass a law that only paid-for cars are allowed to use the highways. That would make traffic so scarce, we could use our boulevards for children's playgrounds.
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A comedian can only last till he either takes himself serious or his audience takes him serious.
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What would we say if the Chinese sent a gunboat with their marines up the Mississippi River claiming they were protecting their laundries in Memphis?
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Everyone wants to vote for the best and most qualified man, but he never runs for office.
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After seeing kids play polo against big guys, it only shows that horses are the greatest equalizer in the world. No matter what you weigh, the little fellow is your equal on a horse.
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People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
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I'll bet you the time ain't far off when a woman won't know any more than a man.
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