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George Burns Quotes: It's no surprise that things are so screwed up: everyone that knows how to run a government is either driving taxicabs or cutting hair.
         

It's no surprise that things are so screwed up: everyone that knows how to run a government is either driving taxicabs or cutting hair.


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