You are some kind of rock-worshipping fool if you buy into the theology that federal budget deficits drive up interest rates.

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"I am not as big a fool as I look, and if you will just go on the assumption that I am not a fool, it would correct a good many news items, " he remarked at one press conference in 1914.

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But everyone will blame you if you start to look the fool.

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The great negative is that if you go too far and make an absolute fool of yourself, you actually, you've dumbed down the whole thing.

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Tuilagi is huge but I learnt at school that if you take them round the ankles, it is fool-proof.

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"If you look at our ads you can almost put a comma at the end and say 'or else you're a fool if you don't choose this, ' " Verdi says.

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But even if you are not the type of person to make a complete fool of yourself in front of a dumbstruck audience, you will find plenty to entertain you at SingShot.

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Anyone who buys solely to make money is a fool, but if the value of your collection goes down over time, you haven't bought with much refinement or finesse.

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