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" We've got to dumb America up again. "
Ray Bradbury
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" All my stories are like the Greek and Roman myths, and the Egyptian myths, and the Old and New Testament. "
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" If you are going to describe the history of animation, you'd look at the early Disney work, then 'Bugs Bunny,' 'Road Runner' and other Warner Brothers theatrical productions. But when you got to 'Rocky and Bullwinkle,' you'd see they were unique: They assumed you had a brain in your head. "
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" There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people. "
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" I never ask anyone else's opinion. They don't count. "
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