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A specialist is a barbarian whose ignorance is not well-rounded.


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We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors. We don't know what to do with other worlds. A single world, our own, suffices us; but we can't accept it for what it is.



I hadn't known there were so many idiots in the world until I started using the Internet.

I hadn't known there were so many idiots in the world until I started using the Internet.



Man does not create gods, in spite of appearances. The times, the age, impose them on him.

Man does not create gods, in spite of appearances. The times, the age, impose them on him.



A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance.

A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance.



Science explains the world, but only Art can reconcile us to it.

Science explains the world, but only Art can reconcile us to it.



Behind every glorious facade there is always hidden something ugly.

Behind every glorious facade there is always hidden something ugly.



The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes.

The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes.



Good books tell the truth, even when they're about things that never have been and never will be. They're truthful in a different way

Good books tell the truth, even when they're about things that never have been and never will be. They're truthful in a different way



Seduced, shaggy Samson snored. She scissored short. Sorely shorn, Soon shackled slave, Samson sighed, Silently scheming, Sightlessly seeking Some savage, spectacular suicide.

Seduced, shaggy Samson snored. She scissored short. Sorely shorn, Soon shackled slave, Samson sighed, Silently scheming, Sightlessly seeking Some savage, spectacular suicide.





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If all else fails immortality can always be assured by adequate error.



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Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their families, their histories too. Talk to them, listen to them. They are alive poems.



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I feel that when we really love and accept and approve of ourselves exactly as we are, then everything in life works.



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When I first started doing sketch comedy, I promised myself that if I were ever to have any success in this business, I wouldn't hold back. Why get there and play it safe?

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