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Will Rogers


American
November 4, 1879
Actor
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Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.


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People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.


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Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.


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Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.


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When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.


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There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.


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It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.


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All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.


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We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.


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I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.


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This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.


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Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
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You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.


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A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
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Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.


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There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.


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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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America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
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If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.
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If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
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There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
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On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
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The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
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