"People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo."

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"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."

"For us in Russia communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion."

"They're talking about banning cigarette smoking now in any place that's used by ten or more people in a week, which, I guess, means that Madonna can't even smoke in bed."

"Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake - you know, to send the right message to kids."

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"I don't want my books to exclude anyone, but if they have to, then I would rather they excluded the people who feel they are too smart for them!"

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