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Can you name the people these quotes are often incorrectly attributed to?

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'If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
'Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.'
'I invented the internet.'
'It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph.'
'To get rich is glorious.'
'Because it's there.'
'Billions and Billions.'
'Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!'
'Anything that can go wrong, will.'
'Go west, young man.'
'The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality.'
'The only two certainties in life are death and taxes.'
'I've just had eighteen straight whiskeys in a row – I do believe that is some sort of record.'
'Dreams are the royal road to consciousness.'
'When I hear the word 'culture', I reach for my gun.'
'The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.'

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Two Missing Triples

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