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“There's nothing more distasteful than an academic having to, like, trot out his credentials. You really come off as a jerk when you do that.” quote by Reza Aslan — Download Open image

“There's nothing more distasteful than an academic having to, like, trot out his credentials. You really come off as a jerk when you do that.”

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