"In California, thieves have three choices: They can go to prison, Sacramento, or Washington D.C."

-- Burt Prelutsky

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“Every student who enters upon a scientific pursuit, especially if at a somewhat advanced period of life, will find not only that he has much to learn, but much also to unlearn.”

Source : Sir John Frederick William Herschel (1869). “Outlines of Astronomy”, p.17
“Okay," I said, "what's your biggest fear?" As always, he took a second to think about the answer. "Clowns," he said. "Clowns." "Yup." I just looked at him. "What?" he said, glancing over at me. "That is not a real answer," I told him. "Says who?" "Says me. I meant a real fear, like of failure, of death, of regret. Like that. Something that keeps you awake nights, questioning your very existence." He thought for a second. "Clowns.”
“Like cats' eyes gleaming in the gloom, the precious diamonds rest.”
“I'm going to be a happy housewife. I'm going to be washing boxers and cooking and doing all those sorts of housewife duties. I just want to be happy and proud of every single day.”
“I gotta new strategy it's called no strategy. And I gotta way to sell more music its called make better music.”
“I don't really work out. I eat a lot of sweets. I have chocolate all over my house.”
“Even intellectuals should have learned by now that objective rationality is not the default position of the human mind, much less the bedrock of human affairs.”

Source : Roy Blount, Jr. (2009). “Long Time Leaving: Dispatches from Up South”, p.18, Knopf
“People conquered on different sides of the lake should be ruled on different sides of the lake.”

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