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"egregious. most people think that word means terrible or unheard of or unforgivable. it has a much more interesting story than that to tell. it means "outside the herd." imagine that - thousands of people, outside the herd."
"Everything that ever has been always will be, and everything that ever will be always has been."
"People like to feel entitled, whether they're actually entitled or not."
"Our government's got a war on drugs. That's certainly better than no drugs at all."
"The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death."
"It's a nice glass of champagne at the end of a life."
"Be fruitful, and multiply."
"Just because you can read, write and do a little math, doesn't mean that you're entitled to conquer the universe."
"During the Vietnam War, Abbie Hoffman announced that the new high was banana peels taken rectally. So then FBI scientists stuffed banana peels up their asses to find out if this was true or not."
"There is a strong feeling in the Middle West that the artist is not pulling his own weight no matter how hard he may work, that the other people are doing the real stuff."
"The little girls were wearing black party dresses and black party shoes, so strangers would know at once how nice they were."
"And what gift of America to the rest of the world is actually most appreciated by the rest of the world? It is African American jazz and its offshoots. What is my definition of jazz? Safe sex of the highest order."
"You can't help it but you were born without a heart. At least you tried to believe what the people with hearts believed — so you were a good man just the same."
"I never asked to be born in the first place."
"The hopes and fears of all our years are here with us tonight."
"I can't tell if you're serious or not,' said the driver. I won't know myself until I find out if life is serious or not,' said Trout. 'It's dangerous, I know, and it can hurt a lot. That doesn't necessarily mean it's serious, too."
"What has been America's most nurturing contribution to the culture of this planet so far? Many would say jazz. I, who love jazz, will say this instead: Alcoholics Anonymous."
"His response was to fight it with the only weapons at hand—passive resistance and open displays of contempt."
"In real life as in grand opera, arias only make hopeless situations worse."
"if there is a god, he sure hates people"