"TEDIUM, n. Ennui, the state or condition of one that is bored. Many fanciful derivations of the word have been affirmed, but so high an authority as Father Jape says that it comes from a very obvious source --the first words of the ancient Latin hymn _Te Deum Laudamus_. In this apparently natural derivation there is something that saddens."

-- Ambrose Bierce

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“A little part of my life is built around ancient art.”
“If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent.”
“Socrates, whose mother was a midwife, used to say that his art was like the art of the midwife. She does not herself give birth to the child, but she is there to help during its delivery. Similarly, Socrates saw his task as helping people to 'give birth' to correct insight, since real understanding must come from within. . . . Everybody can grasp philosophical truths if they just use their innate reason.”
“I believe [filibustering judicial nominees] is in violation of the Constitution”
“Now is not the time for Canadians to be sanctimonious. It is time for us to be prudent and active.”
“Ever since then, all descendant vertebrates have had the forward end of the digestive system and the forward end of the respiratory system very much involved with each other. This manifests itself in the human body with a crossing of the two systems in the throat.”
“Cincinnati needs to take notes from Houston. Houston fans are among the top five fans in the game.”
“I just loved going fast. So I started out with Alka-Seltzer and soda water in a bottle and attached it to the skateboard. That didn't do much. I would try a leaf blower. I was searching for anything that would go fast. Then, the lawnmower engine.”

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