"A man has no reason to be ashamed of having an ape for his grandfather. If there were an ancestor whom I should feel shame in recalling it would rather be a man who plunges into scientific questions with which he has no real acquaintance, only to obscure them by an aimless rhetoric...."

-- Thomas Huxley

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“The vocal arrangements are a big part of the formula for a Bad Religion song - layered harmonies and background vocals. So when I start to describe the elements of Bad Religion's sound, it starts to sound like a Christmas choir.”
“Sexual pleasure is a legitimate right of the human being.”
“This planet has â€” or rather had â€” a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time.”
“I forget it's Shane Warne and just think of him as any old bowler lobbing down a lump of leather.”
“Come in, Bean. Come in Julian Delphiki, longed-for child of good and loving parents. Come in, kidnapped child, hostage of fate. Come and talk to the Fates, who are playing such clever little games with your life.”
“Here at home, we will strengthen our defenses but not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties and values that we cherish as Americans, because great and proud nations don't hunker down and hide behind walls of suspicion and mistrust.”
“People who're nuts never doubt their own sanity. (The Killer's Cousin)”
“If you think you're boring your audience, go slower not faster.”

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