Carolina QuotesTime was when people used to brag about how old they were -- and I am old enough to remember it.
Thomas Sowell Carolinian
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- Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)
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- 1999
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“Time was when people used to brag about how old they were --…” Thomas Sowell. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-8D7424CFFC. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/8d7424cffc
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