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America has always been a country of amateurs where the profession

America has always been a country of amateurs where the professional, that is to say, the man who claims authority as a member of an ?lite which knows the law in some field or other, is an object of distrust and resentment. – W. H. Auden

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What is an expert? Someone who is twenty miles from home. – Proverb

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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, theres a layer of people who run everything. But we –were just peasants. We dont understand whats going on, and we cant do anything. – Doris Lessing

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An expert is someone who knows a lot about the past. – Tom Hopkins

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What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and its charming. – Edgar Degas

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