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title: "3 Poor Museums Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [“And Samuel bought newspapers, and preachers, too. He gave them this simple lesson to teach, and they taught it well: Anybody who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/and-samuel-bought-newspapers-and-preachers-too-he-gave-them-this/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [“Samuel thundered that no American factory hand was worth more than eighty cents a day. And yet he could be thankful for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/samuel-thundered-that-no-american-factory-hand-was-worth-more-than/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [A country that has few museums is both materially poor and spiritually poor...Museums, like theaters and libraries, are a means to freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-beckett/a-country-that-has-few-museums-is-both-materially-poor-and/)

[Wendy Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-beckett/)

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