"The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine."

-- Stephen Leacock

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“Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.”
“Only 1 percent of the homosexual population in America will die of old age. The average life expectancy for a homosexual in the United States of America is 43 years of age. A lesbian can only expect to live to be 45 years of age. Homosexuals represent 2 percent of the population, yet today they're carrying 60 percent of the known cases of syphilis.”

Source : "Gay Bowel Syndrome? Yeah, Right" by David Holthouse, www.alternet.org. February 8, 2006.
“I think if you look at most successful people, if you ask most of them, their biggest influence was their dad.”
“What I don't have in theater is editing.”
“Humankind's greatest priority is to reintegrate with the natural world.”
“Always praise 'em before you hit 'em.”
“I never stopped thinking about the Alamo from that day to this. I'm a huge collector of memorabilia. I've got Davy Crockett's bullet pouch. I've got Colonel Travis's belt.”
“Your own pain is involuntary; you feel overwhelmed and have no control. When feeling the pain of others, there is an element of discomfort, but there also is a level of stability because you are voluntarily accepting pain. It gives you a sense of confidence.”

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