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Will Rogers

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About Will Rogers

William Penn Adair Rogers was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory, now part of Oklahoma, and is known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son". As an entertainer and humorist, he traveled around the world three times, made 71 films, and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. By the mid-1930s, Rogers was hugely popular in the United States for his leading political wit and w…

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America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?

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The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.