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He seems like an average type of man. He’s not, like smart. I’m not trying to rag on him or anything. But he has the same mentality I have—and I’m in the eighth grade.
Author: Martinez, Vanessa
Categories: intelligence; Quayle, Dan
Attribution: Vanessa Martinez (b. c. 1978), U.S. eighth–grade student. As quoted in Newsweek magazine, p. 17 (June 1, 1992).
Commenting on Vice-President Dan Quayle (b. 1947; Vice-President, 1989-1992) after he visited the Bret Harte Middle School in south-central Los Angeles, California. Quayle was often criticized as an unimpressive public speaker and as having mediocre intellectual ability.
