Bill Hicks
Comedian, Writer
"Laughter makes the bitter swallowing of truth, for some, a little easier."
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Swallowing
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Albert Einstein
Physicist
"When I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don't have in my mouth."
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher, Writer
"...throw roses into the abyss and say: 'here is my thanks to the monster who didn't succeed in swallowing me alive."
Campbell Scott
Actor
"The high desert has an effect on people. The place has a way of swallowing you up."
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher, Writer
"Every man has his price. This is not true. But for every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing."
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"So far as the colleges go, the side-shows have swallowed up the circus, and we don't know what is going on in the main tent: and I don't want to continue as ringmaster under those conditions."
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"The capacity of the human mind for swallowing nonsense and spewing it forth in violent and repressive action has never yet been plumbed."
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"So after E, it’s A for ‘Acceptable,’ and that’s the last pass grade, isn’t it?” “Yep,” said Fred, dunking an entire roll in his soup, transferring it to his mouth, and swallowing it whole. “Then you get P for ‘Poor’ ” — Ron raised both his arms in mock celebration — “and D for ‘Dreadful.’ ” “And then T,” George reminded him. “T?” asked Hermione, looking appalled. “Even lower than a D? What on earth does that stand for?” “ ‘Troll,’ ” said George promptly."
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"The force of a language does not consist of rejecting what is foreign but of swallowing it."
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