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Nothing I like to do pays well.


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Listen, here's what I'd like to do: I'd like to live in a trailer and play records all night.

Listen, here's what I'd like to do: I'd like to live in a trailer and play records all night.



You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it.

You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it.



Time just gets away from us.

Time just gets away from us.



My Master of Arts degree means nothing at all to these monkeys and I have come to share their indifference.

My Master of Arts degree means nothing at all to these monkeys and I have come to share their indifference.



I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance.

I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance.



But I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?

But I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?



The wicked flee when none pursueth.

The wicked flee when none pursueth.



As he drank, little brown drops of coffee clung to his mustache like dew. Men will live like billy goats if they are let alone.

As he drank, little brown drops of coffee clung to his mustache like dew. Men will live like billy goats if they are let alone.



Lookin' back is a bad habit.

Lookin' back is a bad habit.



If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.

If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.





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There's no excuse for fur in this day and age.

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I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world.

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The atom bomb was no great decision. It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.

The atom bomb was no great decision. It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.



When I want to do something mindless to relax, I reinstall Windows 95.

When I want to do something mindless to relax, I reinstall Windows 95.



My definition (of a philosopher) is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.

My definition (of a philosopher) is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.



Governor Romney may be running for CEO, I'm running for President

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I live life in the margins of society, and the rules of normal society don't apply to those who live on the fringe.

I live life in the margins of society, and the rules of normal society don't apply to those who live on the fringe.



To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.

To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.




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