“I talk and talk and talk, and I haven’t taught people in fifty years what my father taught me by example in one week.” – Mario Cuomo
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"I talk and talk and talk, and I haven’t taught people in fifty years what my father taught me by example in one week." – Mario Cuomo
"I talk and talk and talk, and I haven’t taught people in fifty years what my father taught me by example in one week." – Mario Cuomo
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