Television is of great educational value. It teaches you wh… - George Mikes

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Television is of great educational value. It teaches you while still young how to (a) kill, (b) rob, (c) embezzle, (d) shoot, (e) poison, and, generally speaking, (f) how to grow up into a Wild West outlaw or gangster by the time you leave school.

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George Mikes (15 February 1912 – 30 August 1987) was a Hungarian-born British author, best known for his humorous commentaries on various countries and their citizens. He is Hungarian.

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Native Name: Mikes György

Alternative Names: György Mikes

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