Will Rogers

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Lived: 1879 – 1935
Era: Early 20th century
Place: Oologah, Cherokee Nation (Oklahoma), USA

Cherokee-American cowboy, Ziegfeld Follies star and film actor whose syndicated newspaper columns made him America’s best-loved humorist.

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I never met a man I didn’t like.
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If there was no malice in your heart there could be none in your “Gags.”
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Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
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Rumor travels Faster, but it don’t stay put as long as Truth.
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We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
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The so-called ignorant is happy. You think he is happy because he don’t know any better. Maybe he is happy because he knows enough to be happy.
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