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“Jobs are like going to church: it’s nice once or twice a year to sing along and eat something and all that, but unless you really believe there’s something holy going on, it gets to be a drag going in every single week.”

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“The gods, after all, are only human, and once their rage has been placated they are perfectly capable of acts of mercy and grace.”

“He especially liked ads for shampoos and hair coloring. The women in them seemed to regard their hair as independent, capricious entities, whom they must placate and provide with food.”

“There was nothing like shared meals, so the experts at IBM claimed, for overcoming one's basic disbelief in the existence of other people.”

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— Rana Bhagwandas

Law1942–2015

#mind

"Demanding an “ape-man” is actually just as silly as asking to see a mammal-man, or a half-human, half-vertebrate. How about a half dachshund, half dog? It’s the same thing. One may as well insist on s…"

— Aron Ra

Politics1962

#family

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— Noam Chomsky

Philosophy1928

#philosophy

"I jined up fer a frolic," laughed a tall fellow from Republic County with warts on his face. He turned to his messmate, a blond boy from Fort Scott. "Why did you come in?" "Wal, by Jack, because I tho…"

— Harold Keith

Literature1903–1998

#humor