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    Tom Stoppard
    “Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.”
    ― Tom Stoppard, Artist Descending a Staircase
    tags: craftsmanship, imagination, modern-art, skill
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
    “When will we learn we are Human first, and that all other names are merely changes of clothing?”
    ― Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
    tags: human, people, prejudice
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
    tags: rah
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    Isaac Asimov
    “I prefer rationalism to atheism. The question of God and other objects-of-faith are outside reason and play no part in rationalism, thus you don't have to waste your time in either attacking or defending.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
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    Roger Zelazny
    “The day of battle dawned pink as the fresh-bitten thigh of a maiden.”
    ― Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light
    tags: battle, dawn, sf
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    George Carlin
    “I'm completely in favor of the
    separation of Church and State.
    ... These two institutions screw us up enough
    on their own, so both of them together is
    certain death.”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: organized-religion, politics, religion
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “The most preposterous notion that Homo sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest, and least productive industry in all history.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
    tags: absurd, adoration, creation, dream, evidence, expenses, fantasy, flattery, history, homo-sapiens, industry, lord, lord-god, petulant, prayers, preposterous, ruler, universe
    362 likes

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    John Lithgow
    “Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.”
    ― John Lithgow
    tags: humor
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    Benjamin Franklin
    “The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin
    tags: enterprise, self-determination
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    Harlan Ellison
    “You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
    ― Harlan Ellison
    tags: ignorance, intelligence, opinions, stupidity
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    Ronald Reagan
    “As government expands, liberty contracts.”
    ― Ronald Reagan
    tags: government, political-philosophy, politics, scope-of-government
    519 likes

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    Woody Allen
    “Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.”
    ― Woody Allen
    tags: funny, love, sex
    721 likes

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    Isaac Asimov
    “Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
    tags: humor, true
    233 likes

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    L.E. Modesitt Jr.
    “Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense.”
    ― L.E. Modesitt Jr
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    L. Frank Baum
    “You have plenty of courage, I am sure," answered Oz. "All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.”
    ― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    tags: courage
    510 likes

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    Isaac Asimov
    “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: life, science, wisdom
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    Ayn Rand
    “A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.”
    ― Ayn Rand
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    Arthur C. Clarke
    “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
    ― Arthur C. Clarke, Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible
    tags: magic, science, technology, wonder
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    Ayn Rand
    “A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
    ― Ayn Rand
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.”
    ― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
    tags: belief, definitions, evidence, humor, knowledge
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.”
    ― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
    tags: definition, humor
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.”
    ― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
    tags: definition
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    George Carlin
    “If it’s true that our species is alone in the universe, then I’d have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.”
    ― George Carlin, Napalm & Silly Putty
    tags: humanity, humor, humour, perspective, philosophie
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    George Carlin
    “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
    ― George Carlin
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    George Carlin
    “I don't know how you feel, but I'm pretty sick of church people. You know what they ought to do with churches? Tax them. If holy people are so interested in politics, government, and public policy, let them pay the price of admission like everybody else. The Catholic Church alone could wipe out the national debt if all you did was tax their real estate.”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: organized-religion, religion, taxation
    656 likes

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  • #28
    “my mother never saw the irony of calling me a "son of a bitch”
    ― Jack Nicholson
    tags: life
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    Ronald Reagan
    “Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
    ― Ronald Reagan
    tags: freedom-of-choice, government, inspirational, political-philosophy, politics
    1133 likes

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    Ronald Reagan
    “It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.”
    ― Ronald Reagan
    159 likes



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