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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - July 8, 2026
Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.
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Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Interview, Mcsweeneys.net  
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
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Anatole France (1844 - 1924), The Red Lily, 1894, chapter 7  
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Decisions are made by people who have time, not people who have talent.
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Scott Adams (1957 - ), Dilbert, 10-26-07  
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.
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Mary Wilson Little  
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