"Fashion was the only law, pleasure the only pursuit, and the splendour of dress and furniture was the only distinction of the citizens of Antioch. The arts of luxury were honoured; the serious and manly virtues were the subject of ridicule; and the contempt for female modesty and reverent age announced the universal corruption of the capital of the East."

-- Edward Gibbon

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“You have to stand up and say, 'There's nothing wrong with me or my shape or who I am; you're the one with the problem!'”
“And you're headed to a place with no bath and no shower. So you can just imagine how crazy it is to get up there, take your diaper off, have a urine-soaked crotch, and all you can do is wet a washcloth and wipe your skin off. You also have to do it on landing and spacewalks, too. It's not a ride that makes you springtime fresh.”
“Life's too short for anxious score-keeping”
“I ran around with the other youngsters, hunting, fishing and raising tadpoles and all the rest.”
“Comediennes are the lucky ones, because if you're funny, you can be 125 years old and they will still accept you.”
“Only in America can a Barack Obama happen. Only in America can a Don King happen.”
“And I think I'm an adrenaline junkie, and there's nothing that will spike your adrenaline more than sitting in a theater and listen to an audience react to something you've written.”
“Ninety percent of everything is crap.”

Source : Venture Science Fiction, March 1958.

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