John Helfer

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“I took a test in Existentialism. I left all the answers blank and got 100.”
― Woody Allen

tags: existentialism, humor, uncertainty

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“The fatal combination of Republican craveness and Democratic cowardice wasn't having an awful effect solely on the U.S. economy. It was proving deeply scarring to the American psyche.”
― Howard Dean, You Have the Power: How to Take Back Our Country and Restore Democracy in America

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“From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created gay people.”
― Howard Dean

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“The poets are supposed to liberate the words – not chain them in phrases. Who told the poets they were supposed to think? Poets are meant to sing and to make words sing. Writers don't own their words. Since when do words belong to anybody? 'Your very own words,' indeed! And who are you?”
― Brion Gysin , Brion Gysin Let the Mice In

tags: art, brion-gysin, cut-ups-self-explained, poetry

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“I enjoy inventing things out of fun. After all, life is a game, not a career.”
― Brion Gysin

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