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Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis

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There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told and those who can do nothing else.
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Quoted in "The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left is Right" - Page 39 - by William P. Martin - Reference - 2004

 
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