"Kafka thought his stories were hilarious. We don't necessarily have that reaction to them, but he certainly laughed his head off every time he read them out loud."

-- Margaret Atwood

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“On the other hand when you are someone who records their own songs you are basically stuck writing for one voice and for one style that can stifle you a bit. It's a real trade off.”

Source : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 22, 2002.
“If Reagan wins, I'd sell the farm and buy a bomb shelter.”
“The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the Middle Ages, even kings remained illiterate.”
“I am optimistic that peace can be achieved in the region because I believe that every society on earth can be free and that if freedom comes to the Middle East, there can be peace.”
“Presenting feels like it did 50 years ago, but the pay's a lot better.”
“I believe if there is any place left where the humanity is still visible, it can not be anywhere else than in an Islamic society. Time would come when the world would be obliged to accept this reality.”
“You know how we built the pyramids? You gotta ask yourself a question always flip the script. What if up was down and down was up? What if you looked down into space standing up on Earth? This is how we built the pyramids.”

Source : "Eddie Griffin: Freedom of Speech". Documentary, Comedy, www.imdb.com. 2008.
“Man must be arched and buttressed from within, else the temple wavers to the dust.”

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