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George Carlin Quotes: Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
         

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.


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