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Harlan Ellison Quotes: I usually say I write for the smartest, cleverest, wittiest audience I know, and that's me.
         

I usually say I write for the smartest, cleverest, wittiest audience I know, and that's me.


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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.



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In these days of widespread illiteracy, functional illiteracy... anything that keeps people stupid is a felony.



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The world is turning into a cesspool of imbeciles.



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