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George McGovern Quotes: You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing.
         

You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing.


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