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“He looked haggard and careworn, like a Borgia who has suddenly remembered that he has forgotten to shove cyanide in the consommé, and the dinner-gong due any moment.”
― Carry On, Jeeves
― Carry On, Jeeves

“There is nothing that living things do that cannot be understood from the point of view that they are made of atoms acting according to the laws of physics.”
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“Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'
Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand.”
― Cat’s Cradle
Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'
Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand.”
― Cat’s Cradle

“(An astrologer of a London tabloid was once fired by means of a letter from his editor which began, “As you will no doubt have foreseen.”)”
― God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
― God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

“We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.”
― Cosmos
― Cosmos
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