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Fathers are the geniuses of the house because only a person as intelligent as we could fake such stupidity.

— Bill Cosby Himself (1983)

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Let the message be known to bigots and racists that they don’t count!

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Dentists tell you not to pick your teeth with any sharp metal object. Then you sit in their chair, and the first thing they grab is an iron hook.

Himself (1983)

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