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Douglas Adams Writer, Humorist
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"Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, " This is an interesting world I find myself in, an interesting hole I find myself in; fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well! It must have been made to have me in it!"

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Ronald Reagan Politician, Actor
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"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."

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Susan Sontag Essayist, Critic, Activist
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"Surrealism in painting amounted to little more than the contents of a meagerly stocked dream world: a few witty fantasies, mostly wet dreams and agoraphobic nightmares."

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Groucho Marx Actor, Comedian, Writer
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"When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun.'"

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Woody Allen Director, Actor, Writer
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"If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank."

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet
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"Go, write it in a martial hand; be curst and brief; it is no matter how witty, so it be eloquent and fun of invention: taunt him with the licence of ink: if thou thou'st him some thrice, it shall not be amiss; and as many lies as will lie in thy shee."

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