Reagan, no fool, never liked deficits but was not unduly troubled by them, either.

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Despite its high-profile venture capitalists, it never found the greater fool it so badly needed.

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So that's what I did, but I never thought I'd fool Jerry.

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But this has never been more than a fool's belief.

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Given that most stock options in new start-up companies are never worth anything, this would seem a fool's errand.

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Acknowledging these painful truths and in a token of my conversion, I have burned my voter registration card so as to never be patsy or party to another damn fool election.

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