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"The person who associates with scholars, will have his reputation exalted."

"The Mary Howitt website"

"This will be the grandest entrance ever made! Hollywood tries to make their stars look important with special effects, fireworks and noise as they enter the stage. HA! Wait till Jesus comes! EVERYONE …"

"He could have shot her from behind a hedge in the good old Irish fashion and probably got away with it."

"When a woman plays the fool, look for the man. That was one of Lini's favorites. Another was, Kittens tangle your yarn, men tangle your wits, and it's simple as breathing for both."

"He and his tyrannicide! I am in a mad fury about these explosions. If that is the new world! Damn O'Donovan Rossa; damn him behind and before, above, below, and roundabout; damn, deracinate, and destr…"

"The quickest way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."

"Her face was like the weather in one of those places with no discernible seasons."

"Faced with information overload, we have no alternative but pattern-recognition."

"Kings govern by means of popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them."

"Paul Bowles Meets with Ken Smith and Frank J. Oteri"

"FDR Franklin D. Roosevelt cozied up to and made deals with the worst racists in America… FDR appointed Hugo Black, a former Ku Klux Klansman, to the Supreme Court. Black was completely unqualified—his…"

"And what's the internet without the rick-roll?"

"The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned."

"In Indiana, I wasn't anything special. But in New York, I've gone out with girls with purple hair who go out with me because I'm exotic!"

"That was funny, yet sad. Kind of like getting tit-fucked by a clown."

"When Maryanne's turn came, she said, "... We've come a long way since that night when Freddy dumped a bowl of mashed potatoes on Donald's head because he was such a brat." Everybody familiar with the …"

"Dignity, girls! Ageing with dignity – that's the thing."

"I was left with a great idea gutted by critical examination. But that's good. That's how we make ideas better—by trying to poke holes in them and then finding ways to fix the holes."

"Everyone was laughin’. Even that deaf mute boy was breathing heavy and pointing at me. Which is laughter to their kind."