I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would… - L. Frank Baum

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I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.

L. Frank Baum

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Lyman Frank Baum (15 May 1856 – 6 May 1919) was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator William Wallace Denslow, of one of the most popular books in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

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Birth Name: Lyman Frank Baum

Alternative Names: Captain Hugh Fitzgerald • Suzanne Metcalf • Schuyler Staunton • Edith Van Dyne • George Brooks • Louis F. Baum • Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald • Pete • Dugout • Floyd Akers • Laura Bancroft • John Estes Cooke

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I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one. - L. Frank Baum

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