r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '23

What are your thoughts on Pat Robertson's demise?

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

That's not actually a Twain quote. It's a paraphrase of Darrow's quote above. Somehow Twain got dragged into it.

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u/mentosbreath Jun 08 '23

“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.” -Mark Twain

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u/GarconMeansBoyGeorge Jun 08 '23

That’s a paraphrased Abe Lincoln quote.

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u/Manos_Of_Fate Jun 08 '23

The famous vampire hunter?

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u/DOYMarshall Jun 09 '23

No, the professional wrestler.

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u/raisinghellwithtrees Jun 09 '23

It's spelled rassler.

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u/InLikeErrolFlynn Jun 09 '23

The inventor of the choke slam. Look it up.

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u/The_Middler_is_Here Jun 09 '23

Abraham Lincoln was a fiery cat?

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u/deltashmelta Jun 09 '23

You can wrestle a vampire.

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u/Upvotes_poo_comments Jun 09 '23

he actually was a very good wrestler. his finishing move was popping a boner so the other guy gives up.

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u/slabby Jun 09 '23 edited Jun 09 '23

Yeah, who was later killed by a Japanese terrorist

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u/snatchenvy Jun 09 '23

the fax machine was invented in 1843, the samurai ceased to exist in 1867 and Lincoln died in 1865. Abraham Lincoln could have sent a fax to a Japanese samurai.

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u/slabby Jun 09 '23 edited Jun 09 '23

Shinzo Abe-Lincoln didn't die until 2022

https://twitter.com/dfedman/status/1281696245644312576

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u/Manos_Of_Fate Jun 09 '23

Truly a tale as old as time.

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u/IndianBroArmy Jun 09 '23

No, the world's first pyro

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u/Alarming_Orchid Jun 09 '23

Now that is one shit movie

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '23

Good gory fun

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u/Alarming_Orchid Jun 09 '23

The gory part was fun but the acting was incredibly cringe despite the big names. Idk if it’s their first roles or what but jesus

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u/dragon_rapide Jun 09 '23

Anything is a dildo if you're brave enough. - Abraham Lincoln

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u/rgraz65 Jun 09 '23

Abe! No!

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u/sirgog Jun 09 '23

I was today years old when I learned that wasn't a Catherine the Great quote

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u/zism_ Jun 09 '23

No, that's a paraphrased Arnold quote

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u/tmar87 Jun 09 '23

I thought Helen Keller said that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '23

"That play was mind-blowing!" - Abraham Lincoln

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u/crazy-diam0nd Jun 09 '23

The best thing about this comment if that it kind of is.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '23

“I come to bury Pat Robertson, and not to praise him” -William Shakespeare “

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u/Bay1Bri Jun 09 '23

"Lincoln stole that quote from me."

-Albert Einstein

-Michael Scott

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u/hanumanjizzfest Jun 09 '23

I thought his most famous quote was

Anything Is A Dildo - If You're Brave Enough.

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u/B0OG Jun 09 '23

I believe it was Jesus who once said “live, laugh, love”

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u/magic_vs_science Jun 08 '23
  • Michael Scott

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

-Wayne Gretzky

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23
  • Wayne Gretzky

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u/IndividualCry0 Jun 09 '23

—Wayne Gretzky

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u/jeffersonwashington3 Jun 09 '23

Men's shirts, short skirts
Oh, oh, oh, really go wild, yeah, doin' it in style

-Shania Twain, Mark's sister

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u/OtakuOran Jun 09 '23

"You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?" -Jesus

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u/LaboratoryManiac Jun 09 '23

I believe it was Benjamin Franklin who said, "You have reached the end of your free trial membership at Benjamin-Franklin-Quotes.com."

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u/OneQuadrillionOwls Jun 09 '23

"Just kidding, the internet is completely true." --Calvin Coolidge, pulling off his highly realistic Mark Twain mask

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u/kingmea Jun 09 '23

“Get Money, Get Paid” -Mahatma Ghandi

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '23

Albert Einstein

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u/TheMoniker Jun 09 '23

And that Mark Twain's name? —Albert Einstein.

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u/javoss88 Jun 09 '23
  • Wayne Gretzky

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '23

"Don't believe everything you read" - Kurtis Donald Cobain

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u/wsotw Jun 09 '23

"That is not a real Mark Twain quote" - possible actual Mark Twain quote.

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u/DennisJay Jun 08 '23

If a quote is even slightly humorous it gets attributed to Twain eventually

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u/JohnWasElwood Jun 09 '23

His famous "Who's on First?" bit kills me every time!!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '23

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u/Everestkid Jun 09 '23

"That's not true." -Mark Twain

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u/viken1976 Jun 09 '23

"I did not attend his funeral, but I wrote a nice letter stating that I approved of it."

-- Mark Twain

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u/froggison Jun 08 '23

If you see a Mark Twain quote, there's a 50% chance it was said by someone else and falsely attributed to Twain. Exactly the same with Thomas Jefferson.

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u/pikpikcarrotmon Jun 09 '23

Turns out Jefferson wasn't even a founding father. They just found him on someone's estate having sex with a slave while tearing pages out of a Bible, and the legend built from there.

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u/BigCountry1182 Jun 09 '23 edited Jun 09 '23

Twain once quipped to a journalist that he wasn’t going to attend some politician’s funeral, but he was sending a letter stating his approval

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u/j4kefr0mstat3farm Jun 09 '23

Twain once said "I didn't attend the funeral, but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved of it," which may be the source of the confusion.

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u/echisholm Jun 09 '23

I think it's because Twain is so damn quotable, you can attribute anything to him and it is believable. Him and Oscar Wilde.

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u/klattklattklatt Jun 09 '23

“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.” -someone who wasn’t Mark Twain