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Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.

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The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.

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An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.

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A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.

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Going to church doesn't make you any more a Christian than going to the garage makes you a car.

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An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.

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Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

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Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

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Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.

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Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Writer

Born: September 16th, 1919

Died: January 12th, 1990

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