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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: ManyMoose who wrote (489461)6/2/2012 10:20:33 PM
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Although that is mostly true,

The legend-cum-joke about a respected, successful man who notes in retrospect that — had he enjoyed more advantages early in his life — he might have ended up as a piano player in a brothel is an old one, one which Truman echoed when he observed (as related in the book Plain Speaking) that "My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference." However, the follow-up line, "I, for one, believe the piano player job to be much more honorable than current politicians," does not appear in that book and is possibly an apocryphal addition rather than Truman's own words.

And yes, it is appropriate to render Truman's full name with a period after the 'S'.

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