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“The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.”
– H. L. Mencken

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“Gods don’t like people not doing much work. People who aren’t busy all the time might start to think.”
– Sir Terry Pratchett

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“When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.” – Edward R. Murrow

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“I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don’t want to meet them.”
– H. L. Mencken

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“For every little kid who still believes in Santa Claus, there is at least one adult who still believes in professional wrestling.”
-Doug Larson

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“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
– Virginia Woolf

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