"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'.“


-Bob Newhart

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I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'.

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