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We should not be ashamed of not having answers to all questions yet... I'm perfectly happy staring somebody in the face saying, 'I don't know yet, and we've got top people working on it.' The moment you feel compelled to provide an answer, then you're doing the same thing that the religious community does: providing answers to every possible question.
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The worst thing that ever happened to America was the 19th Amendment.
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I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.
