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->''Oh, it really doesn't matter what I do, what I do''
->''As long as I do it with a flair''
->''What effect a little smoke is with a dash of hocus-pocus''
->''And the scent of burning sulfur in the air''

->''I'm a fraud, a hoke, a charlatan, a joke''
->''But they love me everywhere''
->''For it really doesn't matter what I do, what I do''
->''As long as I do it with a flair''
-->--"With a Flair", ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks''
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->''"Hush, my dear,"'' he said. ''"Don't speak so loud, or you will be overheard--and I should be ruined. I'm supposed to be a Great Wizard."''

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->''"Hush, my dear,"'' he said. ''"Don't speak so loud, or you will be overheard--and [[ItsAllAboutMe I should be ruined.ruined]]. I'm supposed to be a Great Wizard."''
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-> Even Dorothy had hope that ''"The Great and Terrible Humbug,"'' as she called him, would find a way to send her back to Kansas, and if he did she was willing to forgive him everything.

-> Oz, left to himself, smiled to think of his success in giving the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion [[MagicFeather exactly what they thought they wanted]]. ''"How can I help being a humbug,"'' he said, ''"when all these people make me do things that everybody knows can't be done?"''


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-> Even Dorothy had hope that ''"The Great and Terrible Humbug,"'' as she called him, would find a way to send her back to Kansas, and if he did [[EasilyForgiven she was willing to forgive him everything.

everything]].

-> Oz, left to himself, smiled to think of his success in giving the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion [[MagicFeather exactly what they thought they wanted]]. ''"How can I help being a humbug,"'' he said, ''"when ''"[[InherentInTheSystem when all these people make me do things that everybody knows can't be done?"''

done?]]"''

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->''"Exactly so!"'' declared the little man, rubbing his hands together as if it pleased him. ''"I am a humbug."'']]

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->''"Exactly so!"'' declared the little man, rubbing his hands together as if it pleased him. ''"I ''"[[TheTrickster I am a humbug."'']]
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->''"I think you are a [[TheConman very bad man]],"'' said Dorothy.
->''"Oh, no, my dear; [[IAmWhatIAmI'm really a very good man, but I'm a very bad Wizard, I must admit.]]"''

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->''"I think you are a [[TheConman [[ConMan very bad man]],"'' said Dorothy.
->''"Oh, no, my dear; [[IAmWhatIAmI'm [[IAmWhatIAm I'm really a very good man, but I'm a very bad Wizard, I must admit.]]"''

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->''"[[IAmWhatIAm Exactly so!"'' declared the little man, rubbing his hands together as if it pleased him. ''"I am a humbug."'']]//


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->''"[[IAmWhatIAm Exactly ->''"Exactly so!"'' declared the little man, rubbing his hands together as if it pleased him. ''"I am a humbug."'']]//

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->''"I think you are a [[TheConman very bad man]],"'' said Dorothy.
->''"Oh, no, my dear; [[IAmWhatIAmI'm really a very good man, but I'm a very bad Wizard, I must admit.]]"''
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->''"Are you not a Great Wizard?"''
->''"Hush, my dear,"'' he said. ''"Don't speak so loud, or you will be overheard--and I should be ruined. I'm supposed to be a Great Wizard."''
->''"And aren't you?"'' she asked.
->''"Not a bit of it, my dear; I'm just a common man."''
->''"You're more than that,"'' said the Scarecrow, in a grieved tone; ''"you're a humbug."''
->''"[[IAmWhatIAm Exactly so!"'' declared the little man, rubbing his hands together as if it pleased him. ''"I am a humbug."'']]//


-> Even Dorothy had hope that ''"The Great and Terrible Humbug,"'' as she called him, would find a way to send her back to Kansas, and if he did she was willing to forgive him everything.


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->Oz, left to himself, smiled to think of his success in giving the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion [[/MagicFeather exactly what they thought they wanted]]. ''"How can I help being a humbug,"'' he said, ''"when all these people make me do things that everybody knows can't be done?"''

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->Oz, -> Oz, left to himself, smiled to think of his success in giving the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion [[/MagicFeather [[MagicFeather exactly what they thought they wanted]]. ''"How can I help being a humbug,"'' he said, ''"when all these people make me do things that everybody knows can't be done?"''
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->Oz, left to himself, smiled to think of his success in giving the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion [[/MagicFeather exactly what they thought they wanted]]. ''"How can I help being a humbug,"'' he said, ''"when all these people make me do things that everybody knows can't be done?"''
-->--Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz
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->Now, I'm a modest man, but my piecemeal needle scam's an outright masterpiece: some slob shacked [[WrongSideOfTheTracks up here]] buys a box of syringe parts from me for twice what it's worth. He assembles 'em in his rathole, and I buy back the finished product... for a dime against the dollar that I'll get from Ryan. Profit comin', profit goin'. [[CorruptCorporateExecutives Ol' Andy]] rambles on about the [[UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}} Great Chain]]... I got people shellin' out to pull it for me!

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->Now, I'm a modest man, but my piecemeal needle scam's an outright masterpiece: some slob shacked [[WrongSideOfTheTracks up here]] buys a box of syringe parts from me for twice what it's worth. He assembles 'em in his rathole, and I buy back the finished product... for a dime against the dollar that I'll get from Ryan. Profit comin', profit goin'. [[CorruptCorporateExecutives [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Ol' Andy]] rambles on about the [[UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}} Great Chain]]... I got people shellin' out to pull it for me!
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->Now, I'm a modest man, but my piecemeal needle scam's an outright masterpiece: some slob shacked [[WrongSideOfTheTracks up here]] buys a box of syringe parts from me for twice what it's worth. He assembles 'em in his rathole, and I buy back the finished product... for a dime against the dollar that I'll get from Ryan. Profit comin', profit goin'. [[CorruptCorporateExecutives Ol' Andy]] rambles on about the [[UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}} Great Chain]]... I got people shellin' out to pull it for me!
-->--'''Augustus Sinclair,''' ''VideoGame/Bioshock2''
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->I’m out to steal every last moment’s peace out of my mark, not just his coin. [[BreakTheHaughty Naught but doubts and despair shall fill the purses of my victims]].
-->--'''Charlatan,''' ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay: Career Compendium - The Ultimate Career Reference''
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-''>"I just don't understand it: I lie, I cheat, I steal, and I just don't get any respect."''

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-''>"I ->''"I just don't understand it: I lie, I cheat, I steal, and I just don't get any respect."''
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->"It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money."
-->--'''Canada Bill Jones''', 19th century poker player

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->"It's ->''"It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money."
-->--'''Canada
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-->-- '''Canada
Bill Jones''', 19th century poker player



-->--''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}''

->"I just don't understand it: I lie, I cheat, I steal, and I just don't get any respect."
-->--'''Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck''', ''Series/TheATeam''

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-->--''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}''

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-''>"I
just don't understand it: I lie, I cheat, I steal, and I just don't get any respect."
-->--'''Lt.
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-->-- '''Lt.
Templeton "Faceman" Peck''', ''Series/TheATeam''
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-->--''{{Dilbert}}''

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-->--''{{Dilbert}}''
-->--''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}''



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-->--'''Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck''', ''TheATeam''

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-->--'''Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck''', ''TheATeam''''Series/TheATeam''

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