People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic fix your brand-new Mercedes.
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You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy.Neil Simon
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