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An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30 1835-1910), US novelist, journalist, river pilot; The Great American humorist was also known as The People's Author and creator of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.

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