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One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. and when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license.
-P. J. O'Rourke
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One Of The Annoying Things About Believing

P. J. O'Rourke
One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. and when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license.
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