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diff --git a/fortune/datfiles/fortunes b/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
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@@ -1846,7 +1846,8 @@ Avoid reality at all costs.
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 "Avoid revolution or expect to get shot.  Mother and I will grieve, but
 we will gladly buy a dinner for the National Guardsman who shot you."
-               -- Dr. Paul Williamson, father of a Kent State student
+               -- Dr. Paul Williamson, father of a student entering
+                  school in the fall after the Kent State shootings
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 Bacchus, n.:
        A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for
@@ -2157,7 +2158,7 @@ Boston, n.:
        Ludwig van Beethoven being jeered by 50,000 sports fans for
 finishing second in the Irish jig competition.
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-"Boy, life takes a long time to live
+Boy, life takes a long time to live.
                -- Steven Wright
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 Boy, n.:
@@ -4126,8 +4127,6 @@ Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.
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 For 20 dollars, I'll give you a good fortune next time ...
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-For a good time, call (415) 642-9483
-%
 For a man to truly understand rejection, he must first be ignored by a
 cat.
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@@ -4653,7 +4652,7 @@ Give me a Plumber's friend the size of the Pittsburgh dome, and a place
 to stand, and I will drain the world.
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 "Give me enough medals, and I'll win any war."
-               -- Napolean
+               -- Napoleon
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 Give me the Luxuries, and the Hell with the Necessities!
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@@ -7216,7 +7215,7 @@ In Corning, Iowa, it's a misdemeanor for a man to ask his wife to ride
 in any motor vehicle.
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 "In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable."
-               -- Winston Curchill, of Montgomery
+               -- Winston Churchill, of Montgomery
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 In Denver it is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door
 neighbor.
@@ -12293,7 +12292,7 @@ The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.
 The cost of living is going up, and the chance of living is going
 down.
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-The cow is nothing but a machine with makes grass fit for us people to
+The cow is nothing but a machine which makes grass fit for us people to
 eat.
                -- John McNulty
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@@ -15398,7 +15397,7 @@ to a definite problem.  For better or worse you have acted decisively.
                -- R. A. Lafferty
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 "When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite." 
-               -- Winston Curchill, On formal declarations of war
+               -- Winston Churchill, On formal declarations of war
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 When you know absolutely nothing about the topic, make your forecast by
 asking a carefully selected probability sample of 300 others who don't