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"To compare the patronizing pedantry of A Course in Miracles with any line or two from the New Testament gospels is like comparing a washing machine repair manual with Shakespeare."

"In the midst of that dark and hopeless moment, the Pop Tart suddenly appeared in the supermarket! And we just stared at it like an alien spacecraft and we were like... chimps in the dirt playing with …"

"The story of the Baudelaires does not take place in a fictional land where lollipops grow on trees and singing mice do all of the chores. The story of the Baudelaires takes place in a very real world,…"

"Sunsets in pictures are so tiresome, but only boors and half-wits are not stirred by real sunsets."

"The business with high ethical standards has three primary advantages over competitors whose standards are lower:"

"I have worked with Gamarra, with Figueroa, but Thiago is better than the both of them."

"Audio interview with National Review Online"

"I had a trumpet, but I didn't want to be a trumpet player. I wanted to be some type of athlete or in some type of scholarly activity, be a chemist or something—I had my little chemistry set, and I lik…"

"I'm struck by how laughter connects you with people. It's almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of social hierarchy when you're just howling with laughter. Laughter is a forc…"

"I feel like Ashton Kutcher on Punk'd!"

"It's fascinating to watch a show develop from a script to a 22-minute comedy. I try to learn as much, and ask as many questions, as I can without being annoying."

"Collection of interviews with William Gibson."

"The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse."

"Animals can also be ‘hypnotised’. Flip a rabbit on its back, hold it firmly in position with its head back for a couple of minutes, and you’ll find it will become perfectly motionless and unresponsive…"

"Goss and Bennett…trained him to make Europe yawn; and he took advantage of their training to make London and New York laugh and whistle."

"The sun provides the moon with its brightness."

"The picture is still there and what's more, if you go there — you who never was there — if you go there and stand in the place where it was, it will happen again; it will be there for you, waiting for…"

"To me, the level of responsibility is measured by one's ability to confront the decision-making process without any delay or distraction."

"There are a few editor men with whom I am privileged to come in contact. It has not been long since it was their habit to come in contact with me. There is a difference."

"Now, van Bronckhorst with pace! Oh, it is an absolute firecracker from Giovanni van Bronckhorst! One, nil! Holland!"