“A smart man isn't necessarily one who knows all the answers, but knows where to find them.”
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“The skull regarded Ralph like one who knows all the answers but won't tell.”
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William Golding
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Lord of the Flies
Source: Lord of the Flies
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William Golding 79
British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Lite… 1911–1993Related quotes
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Confucius
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Harry Houdini
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“If you don't tell people about your success, they probably won't know about it.”
Donald J. Trump
(1946) 45th President of the United States of America
Trump: How to Get Rich (2004), p. xiii
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Source: The Artemis Fowl Files
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Viruses of the Mind (1993)