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To: SeekAndFind

There’s nothing wrong with listening. Silent Cal was a damn fine president and a man of very few words.


9 posted on 02/17/2011 6:49:05 AM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: cripplecreek

RE: Silent Cal was a damn fine president and a man of very few words.


Dorothy Parker to President Coolidge: “I made a bet with a friend that I could get you to say more than two words.”.

Coolidge: “You lose!”


Many years later....

Dorothy Parker on being told of Coolidge’s death : “How can you tell?”


31 posted on 02/17/2011 7:03:01 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: cripplecreek

You learn more by listening than by talking.


38 posted on 02/17/2011 7:17:09 AM PST by Josephat
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