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“Oh, let me be mawkish for the nonce! I am so tired of being cynical.”
― Lolita
― Lolita
“But when you're in front of an audience and you make them laugh at a new idea, you're guiding the whole being for the moment. No one is ever more him/herself than when they really laugh. Their defenses are down. It's very Zen-like, that moment. They are completely open, completely themselves when that message hits the brain and the laugh begins. That's when new ideas can be implanted. If a new idea slips in at that moment, it has a chance to grow.”
― Last Words
― Last Words
“The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart.”
― The Sirens of Titan
― The Sirens of Titan
“Oh sorry, I was taking life seriously.”
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“Saliva causes cancer, but only if swallowed in small amounts over a long period of time.”
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