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"In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us."
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"Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world."

"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."

"Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without."

"A novel points out that the world consists entirely of exceptions."

"You're going very fast when you're on orbit, going around the world once every hour and a half."

"Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world."

"Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize."

"There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep."
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"I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word."

"The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle."

"The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create."

"People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want."

"Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status."

"I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the money."

"Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills."
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