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The reality of what we really are is often times found in the small snips, way down at the bottom of things.

The reality of what we really are is often times found in the small snips, way down at the bottom of things.



I've met them down in the Cost and Accounting Department, clean-shaven and in white collars. They can't see a damn thing ridiculous about themselves... only about you.

I've met them down in the Cost and Accounting Department, clean-shaven and in white collars. They can't see a damn thing ridiculous about themselves... only about you.



In God we trust; all others pay cash.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.



Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory? Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty.

Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory? Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty.



I had woven a tapestry of obscenity that as far as I know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan.

I had woven a tapestry of obscenity that as far as I know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan.



The hand of fate had dipped into the ragbag of humanity.

The hand of fate had dipped into the ragbag of humanity.



A man today never feels so alive as when he is hurtling from one point to another on the azimuth.

A man today never feels so alive as when he is hurtling from one point to another on the azimuth.



Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man.

Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man.



There are fewer things more thrilling in life than lumpy letters. That rattle.

There are fewer things more thrilling in life than lumpy letters. That rattle.



Randy lay there like a slug. It was his only defense.

Randy lay there like a slug. It was his only defense.





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I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia.




Treat distractions as the enemy. The internet is brilliant but it is one very efficient way of wasting your time.

Treat distractions as the enemy. The internet is brilliant but it is one very efficient way of wasting your time.



This is the artist, then, life's hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty's miser, glory's slave.

This is the artist, then, life's hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty's miser, glory's slave.



Ive done a lot of shows that didnt do well. You have to go in with a 50-50 take on it. If it goes well, fantastic. Hope for the best and plan for the worst.

Ive done a lot of shows that didnt do well. You have to go in with a 50-50 take on it. If it goes well, fantastic. Hope for the best and plan for the worst.



I have always been willing to admit when I made a mistake. I made a mistake in my understanding of the composition of the Contras, not on my opposition to the Contra war.

I have always been willing to admit when I made a mistake. I made a mistake in my understanding of the composition of the Contras, not on my opposition to the Contra war.



In God's dimension, so to speak, you find a being who is three Persons while remaining one Being, just as a cube is six squares while remaining one cube.

In God's dimension, so to speak, you find a being who is three Persons while remaining one Being, just as a cube is six squares while remaining one cube.



I'm in love with the person in the sandwich centre. If she didn't exist I'd have to invent her.

I'm in love with the person in the sandwich centre. If she didn't exist I'd have to invent her.



Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.

Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.



Knowing now what goes into making a successful artist, it's disheartening.

Knowing now what goes into making a successful artist, it's disheartening.




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