William E. Vaughan
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William E. ("Bill") Vaughan was an American columnist and author.
He wrote a syndicated column for the Kansas City Star from 1946 until his death in 1977. He was published in Reader's Digest and Better Homes and Gardens under the pseudonym Burton Hillis.
His folksy aphorisms (published in his "Starbeams" feature) are often collected in books and on Internet sites.
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- "Size isn't everything. The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine."
- "A citizen ... will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election."
- "If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity."
- "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them."
