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The first and great commandment is: Don't let them scare you.

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This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

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When a middle-aged man says in a moment of weariness that he is half dead, he is telling the literal truth.

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All young people want to kick up their heels and defy convention; most of them would prefer to do it at a not too heavy cost.

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Elmer Davis

Elmer Davis

Born: January 13, 1890
Died: May 18, 1958 (aged 68)
Bio: Elmer Davis was a news reporter, author, the Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II and a Peabody Award recipient.
Known for:
  1. The Golden Twenties (1950)
  2. My American Wife (1936)
  3. Report from the Aleutians (1943)
  4. Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950 – 1952)

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