“I know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.”

—  Lewis Grizzard

Source: cited in Living Positive with Imperfection: A Memoir, September 15, 2017 https://books.google.com/books?id=hxU6CwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT231&ots=0nMTnr_TtC&dq=I%20know%20lots%20of%20people%20who%20are%20educated%20far%20beyond%20their%20intelligence.&pg=PT231#v=onepage&q=I%20know%20lots%20of%20people%20who%20are%20educated%20far%20beyond%20their%20intelligence.&f=false,

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