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"I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information."
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"Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life."
"Your complete intelligence is designed to experience the fullness of life, not a narrow omission of its best possibilities."
"Most unintelligent or foolish people do not regard themselves as that, they regard themselves as not-that-intelligent or not-that-wise."
"There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea."
"Dyslexia is the affliction of a frozen genius."
"Intelligence without wisdom is nothing more than stupidity that looks smart."
"Intelligence is dangerous. Intelligence means you will start thinking for yourself."
"You looked a little bit smarter when your stupidity lessened a lot."
"It is not that men become too intelligent for God,' says the Apologist, 'but rather they become too arrogant for intelligence."
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"People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are ready for single-payer health insurance.' We are the only industrialized country in the world that does not have national health insurance. We are the richest in wealth and the poorest in health of all the industrial nations."
"If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have."
"I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored."
"That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting."
"I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information."
"With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven."
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