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"At a fancy-dress ball in Monte Carlo some years ago, there was a contest for the best imitation of Charlie Chaplin. The chaps who won first, second, and third prizes must have all been very talented, and certainly pleased the audiencesbut none of them really equaled the art of the man who only won fourth. That loser was Charlie himself, who had heard about the contest and decided to see how well he could imitate himself."

from Everything is Under Control: Conspiracies, Cults, and Cover-ups by Robert Anton Wilson