"Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing."

-- J. B. Priestley

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“Surely no issue unites us more than our appreciation for our military personnel who are bringing aid to devastated countries, defending us against terrorism, and fighting to make a free election possible in Iraq.”
“You may bury my body down by the highway side. So my old evil spirit can catch a Greyhound bus and ride.”

Source : Song: Me And The Devil Blues
“The grinding of the intellect is for most people as painful as a dentists drill.”
“Cartooning is an honorable thing”
“We're like America's little pit bull. They beat it, starve it, mistreat it, and once in a while they let it out to attack somebody.”

Source : Evan Wright (2005). “Generation Kill”, p.22, Penguin
“I find it strange the way human nature wants heroes and yet wants to destroy their heroes. It's a kind of mass insecurity people want something to look up to and get a buzz off but, at the same time, want to destroy it because it makes them feel insecure.”
“Marriage vows in an objectivist church would probably run along the lines of "Do you promise to attempt to dominate and subdue this woman until such time as you grow bored?" "Maybe." "Close enough. And do you promise to applaud this man`s production until such time as you find someone with a bigger ... corporation?" "Whatever." "By the power vested in me by having scammed you guys out of a marriage license fee, I now pronounce you man and appendage. May you be unencumbered by small persons."”
“It is hard sometimes to look into the future, you never know what twist and turn the school of life is going to take.”

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