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Without bigots, eccentrics, cranks and heretics the world would no

Without bigots, eccentrics, cranks and heretics the world would not progress. – Gelett Burgess

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Ah, yes, I wrote the Purple Cow — Im sorry, now, I wrote it! But I can tell you, anyhow, Ill kill you if you quote it. – Gelett Burgess

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