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One thing in the Middlewest: I...

One thing in the Middlewest: If you're in my business you're aware of the low opinion both coasts have of the midlands. And that is quite mistaken. New York would be a Kokomo if it weren't for Middlewesterners coming there.

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See the cat? See the cradle?...

See the cat? See the cradle?

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We would be a lot safer if the...

We would be a lot safer if the Government would take its money out of science and put it into astrology and the reading of palms. I used to think that science would save us, and science certainly tried. But we can't stand any more tremendous explosions, either for or against democracy.

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People like to feel entitled, ...

People like to feel entitled, whether they're actually entitled or not.

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Powers Hapgood had just come f...

Powers Hapgood had just come from court because there was some kind of dust-up on a picket line. The judge was so curious about him - coming from a rich family - why he would choose to live as he had. I guess you know what his answer was ...'The Sermon on the Mount, sir.' That's important.

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Bill Gates says, 'Wait till y...

Bill Gates says, 'Wait till you can see what your computer can become.' But it's you who should be doing the becoming. What you can become is the miracle you were born to work-not the damn fool computer.

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I saw a huge steam roller, It ...

I saw a huge steam roller, It blotted out the sun. The people all lay down, lay down; They did not try to run. My love and I, we looked amazed Upon the gory mystery. 'Lie down, lie down!' the people cried. 'The great machine is history!' My love and I, we ran away, The engine did not find us. We ran up to a mountain top, Left history far behind us. Perhaps we should have stayed and died, But somehow we don't think so. We went to see where history'd been, And my, the dead did stink so.

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We were into the Speedway. We...

We were into the Speedway. We'd take a train out to the Speedway where farmers had flatbed trucks with bleachers on them. They'd park in the infield and we'd sit on those. Our heroes weren't the drivers, they were the pit crews. That's because we were local, and we knew what was going on.

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A committee of three can accom...

A committee of three can accomplish much if two don't show up.

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When I worked with General Ele...

When I worked with General Electric, again this was soon after the Second World War, you know, I was keeping up with new developments and they showed me a milling machine and this thing worked by punch cards - that's where computers were at that time, and everybody was sort of sheepish about how well this thing worked because in those days machinists were treated as though they were great musicians because they were virtuosos on these machines.

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You are reading a bold and uni...

You are reading a bold and universal headline which says ,'I am here, I am here, I am here.

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Our government's got a war on...

Our government's got a war on drugs. That's certainly better than no drugs at all.

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We were German-Americans in a ...

We were German-Americans in a British colony, so we were outsiders.

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Do you realize that all great ...

Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn't it such a relief to have somebody say that?

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Take it moment by moment, and ...

Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber.

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The person who writes the bank...

The person who writes the bank's commercials is not the person who makes the loans.

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I've been living alone for so...

I've been living alone for so long, everything about me's private. I'm surprised anyone's able to understand a word I say.

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A first grader should understa...

A first grader should understand that her or his culture isn't a rational invention; that there are thousands of other cultures and they all work pretty well; that all cultures function on faith rather than truth; that there are lots of alternatives to our own society...Cultural relativity is defensible, attractive. It's a source of hope. It means we don't have to continue this way if we don't like it.

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I would not be interested in w...

I would not be interested in writing if I didn't feel that what I wrote was an act of good citizenship or an attempt, at any rate, to be a good citizen.

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Did you ever admire an empty-h...

Did you ever admire an empty-headed writer for his or her mastery of the language? No. So your own winning style must begin with ideas in your head.

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