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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

Technology adds nothing to art. Two thousand years ago, I could tell you a story, and at any point during the story I could stop, and ask, Now do you want the hero to be kidnapped, or not? But that would, of course, have ruined the story. Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision.: Penn Jillette (1955 - ), Interview in WIRED magazine, 1993
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This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.: Neil Gaiman, Sandman
Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.: Sir Arthur Eddington (1882 - 1944)
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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?: Scott Adams (1957 - )
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Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.: Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Emotions"
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Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)
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Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself some day.: Lillian Carter, in her 80s
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