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Who would have thought that the fatal flaw of communism would be that there's no money it.

— A. Whitney Brown The Big Picture: An American Commentary (1991)

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Harry S. Truman had his moods. His birthplace is the only tourist attraction in America where you don't see Japanese with cameras.

That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.

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I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals. I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants.

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