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“As Scarce as the truth is, supply has always been in excess of demand.”
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- Josh Billings.
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I came across this gem a few years ago. I might have been a lot more successful, and certainly more popular, had I read and understood this bit of wisdom much earlier in life. For all the years I have worked with Corvairs, I have told people “I am not going to tell you what you want the hear, I am just here to teach what you need to know.” On paper that has a lot of fans, in reality it has a selective audience.
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For those seeking to have old wives takes, incorrect assumptions and mechanical prejudices affirmed, I am the wrong guy. If you are interested in learning the things I have discovered about building and flying planes, good, I can help. If your plans of building and flying demand facts and proven information, I have a pretty good supply.
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Josh Billings 1818-1885.
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Henry Wheeler Shaw went by the stage and pen name “Josh Billings.” He was an American humorist and lecturer, a contemporary of Mark Twain. In his day he was immensely popular, but is largely forgotten today, perhaps because his humor was based on telling people witty observations they didn’t want to hear.
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