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Novels, except as aids to masturbation, play no part in contemporary life.


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Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.



There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.



The unfed mind devours itself.

The unfed mind devours itself.



We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.



Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.



Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.



Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning.

Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning.



The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.



You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.

You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.



That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.





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I'm suggesting that criminalizing chemically fertilized grass in favor of unnaturally-fed corn is not a rational trade off.



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We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist.

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