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P. T. Barnum

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P. T. Barnum warns that most people can be fooled and that publicity keeps a show alive. He notes that debt drags people down and that money only matters when you understand its value. He also jokes that he never liked manual work.

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Phineas Taylor Barnum was an American showman, businessman, and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus with James Anthony Bailey. He was also an author, publisher, and philanthropist, although he said of himself: "I am a showm

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