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Which of these statements did former Vice President Dan Quayle actually say?
- "Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."
- "I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school."
- "What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
- "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
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