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One of the few good

One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.
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Ignore the awful times, and

Ignore the awful times, and concentrate on the good ones.
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During my three years in

During my three years in Vietnam, I certainly heard plenty of last words by dying American footsoldiers. Not one of them, however, had illusions that he had somehow accomplished something worthwhile in the process of making the Supreme Sacrifice.
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The chief weapon of sea

The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were.
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Another flaw in the human

Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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We are what we pretend

We are what we pretend to be, but we better be very careful what we pretend.
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People have to talk about

People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.
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Laughter and tears are both

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion... I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
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We are what we pretend

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
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Maturity is a bitter disappointment

Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.
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