Kurt Vonnegut book The Sirens of Titan
Source: The Sirens of Titan (1959), Chapter 5 “Letter From an Unknown Hero” (p. 127)
“Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.”
"Washington Post" (12 November 1967)
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