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Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.
Approximate author period: c. 1934 AD · modern
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- Orson Welles
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- Approximate author period: c. 1934 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Orson Welles: documented activity in 1934. Wikidata Q24829, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24829 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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