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I think all comics borrow from each other. Only a few have an original voice, and I wasn't one of them. In the end, I couldn't figure out who to steal from, so I stopped doing it. Steve Buscemi
At the dawn of his administration, President Obama opined: 'A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency.' Magical rays of white-hot sunlight emanated from his media-manufactured halo. And then bureaucratically engineered darkness settled over the land. Michelle Malkin
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "No man should leave in the universe anything of which he is..."
No man should leave in the universe anything of which he is afraid. Gilbert K. Chesterton
John Milton quote: "our state cannot be severed, we are one./One flesh; to lose..."
our state cannot be severed, we are one./One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself. John Milton
Martin Luther quote: "Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really..."
Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God. Martin Luther
Michael Frayn quote: "Why did *I* lock the door? Why did YOU lock the door? ..."
Why did *I* lock the door? Why did YOU lock the door? Someone locked the door... Michael Frayn
By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have learned to take life seriously, but never ourselves. Marie Dressler
Maureen Dowd quote: "I don't understand men. I don't even understand what I don't..."
I don't understand men. I don't even understand what I don't understand about men. Maureen Dowd
I am glad you like what I said of Mrs. Elizabeth Fry (prison and mental hospital reformer). She is very unpopular with the clergy; examples of living, active virtue disturb our repose and give one to distressing comparisons; we long to burn her alive. Sydney Smith
Dave Eggers quote: "If you think I'm annoying and preachy now, you should have..."
If you think I'm annoying and preachy now, you should have known me in grade school. Dave Eggers
Otis Criblecoblis quote: "I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally."
I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. Otis Criblecoblis
What happens if you need a diplomat who can also practice philosophy fight with a lightsaber and levitate small objects Who else are you going to call but us Mara Walter Jon Williams
Jack Kevorkian quote: "What are friends? Some people are nice. Some people aren't...."
What are friends? Some people are nice. Some people aren't. There are some I'm fairly close with... we talk. Jack Kevorkian
And you're too nice," he added, above the lap-lap of the water and the patter of sand on the water-lily leaves. "I was relying on you being too jealous to let that demon near the place. Diana Wynne Jones
In recent weeks, in true messianic style, it has come clear to her that her real identity is literally, the force of gravity. I am Gravity, I am That against which the Rocket must struggle, to which prehistoric wastes submit and are transmuted to the very substance of History. Thomas Pynchon