"It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad."

-- David R. Brower

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“I find it hard to get enthusiastic about hotels because, as a touring comic, I spend a lot of time in them.”
“People exaggerate their own skills. they are optimistic about their prospects and overconfident about their guesses, including which managers to pick.”
“Marriage is all right, but I think it's carrying love a little bit too far.”
“Our loyalties are to the species and the planet. We speak for Earth. Our obligation to survive is owed not just to ourselves but also to that Cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we spring.”
“As I get older, my skin shows more of how I am feeling, like a mirror. If I am stressed, or not getting enough sleep, I see it in my face right away.”
“The term 'income inequality' is a bit misleading because it suggests in a somewhat pejorative way that the rich are getting richer at the expense of the poor,”
“Theater is about interpretation and what an actor and what a director brings to a piece too. I'm open to it every time I work with a director and a group of actors. I have to be open to that interpretation. I'm not one of those hysterical playwrights that come and say, "This is not what I intended to do." It's one rendition of the piece.”
“Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.”

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