P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

If Disney still wants to make Epcot Center futuristic, they could do so by blowing the place up with an atom bomb.

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• If Disney still wants to make Epcot Center futuristic, they could do so by blowing the place up with an atom bomb.

  

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