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Imagination is a killer.


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Fiction is the lie that helps us understand the truth.



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I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth.



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[Y]ou can tell a true war story by its absolute and uncompromising allegiance to obscenity and evil.



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Laughter does not deny pain. Laughter - like a wail - acknowledges and replies to pain.



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Why do our politicians put warnings on cigarette packs and not on their own foreheads?



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I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.



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All the stuff about being a drinking club, or having players who were not good enough, I treat as rubbish.



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Cultivate your sense of humour. On life's journey from nappy rash to denture adhesive, humour is a great pain reliever.



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