"People are broad-minded. They'll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater and even a newspaperman, but if a man doesn't drive, there's something wrong with him."

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“I like champagne—because it always tastes like my foot's asleep.”

“Don't commit suicide, because you might change your mind two weeks later.”

“If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it.”

“The powder is mixed with water and tastes exactly like powder mixed with water.”

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“You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.”

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— Isidro A. T. Savillo

Literature1959

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"As conceived in this book, economics is the science of rational choice in a world─our world─in which resources are limited in relation to human wants. The task of economics, so defined, is to explore …"

— Richard Posner

Law1939

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"The events of January 6th were a faith-based initiative, and Trumpism is a Christian nationalist movement. Magical religious thinking is a virus, and QAnon is just its current mutation."

— Bill Maher

Entertainment1946

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