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The Shadow Rising
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Christopher Hitchens
What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.”
Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir

Terry Pratchett
“Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.”
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

John Steinbeck
“Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.”
John Steinbeck, East of Eden

George Carlin
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”
George Carlin

Oscar Wilde
“Irony is wasted on the stupid”
Oscar Wilde

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