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Who Said What? I
Below are two quotes, each by a different individual. However, some of their letters have been removed. Your task is twofold: first to determine what letters have been removed and second to take those letters and unscramble them so that they spell out the individual's name. Do this for each quote. Do not mix the letters between the two quotes. An example has been provided.
EXAMPLE:
Incomplete quote: "Human eing are the onl creatures n earth that aow their children to ome ack home." - I
Completed quote: "Human (B)eing(S) are the onl(Y) creatures (O)n earth that a(L)(L)ow their children to (C)ome (B)ack home."
Given letters: I - Missing letters: B, S, Y, O, L, L, C, B
Unscrambled letters: Bill Cosby
Now that you see how it works, here are your two puzzles:
"Toy, if you invet a bette moustp, the overmet comes ong with a better mouse."
- O
"It is bette to te hat does not belog to you han to let it le round neglected."
- M
EXAMPLE:
Incomplete quote: "Human eing are the onl creatures n earth that aow their children to ome ack home." - I
Completed quote: "Human (B)eing(S) are the onl(Y) creatures (O)n earth that a(L)(L)ow their children to (C)ome (B)ack home."
Given letters: I - Missing letters: B, S, Y, O, L, L, C, B
Unscrambled letters: Bill Cosby
Now that you see how it works, here are your two puzzles:
"Toy, if you invet a bette moustp, the overmet comes ong with a better mouse."
- O
"It is bette to te hat does not belog to you han to let it le round neglected."
- M
Answer
"Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse."- Ronald Reagan
Missing letters: D, A, N, R, E, R, A, G, N, A, L
"To(D)(A)y, if you inve(N)t a bette(R) mous(E)t(R)(A)p, the (G)over(N)ment comes (A)(L)ong with a better mouse."
- (R)o(N)(A)(L)(D) (R)(E)(A)(G)(A)(N)
"It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected."
- Mark Twain
Missing letters: R, A, K, W, N, T, I, A
"It is bette(R) to t(A)(K)e (W)hat does not belo(N)g to you (T)han to let it l(I)e (A)round neglected."
- M(A)(R)(K) (T)(W)(A)(I)(N)
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