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"A tie is what you get after ice cubes have wrestled with hot water."

"Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions."

"The moment you have a self at all, there is a possibility of putting yourself first - wanting to be the centre - wanting to be God, in fact. That was the sin of Satan: and that was the sin he taught the human race. Some people think the fall of man had something to do with sex, but that is a mistake...what Satan put into the heads of our remote ancestors was the idea that they 'could be like Gods' - could set up on their own as if they had created themselves - be their own masters - invent some sort of happiness for themselves outside God, apart from God. And out of that hopeless attempt has come...the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy."

"I used to think that size does not count, until I realized that most people either find other people's faeces more disgusting than a bird's droppings, or they do not find the latter disgusting at all."

"Playing Solitaire is a non-smoking employee's smoke break."

"The real satire starts when I'm shockingly mocked,not mockingly shocked."
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"Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract."

"Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking."

"It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own."

"Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise he'll ever have a chance to enter."

"If you train people properly, they won't be able to tell a drill from the real thing. If anything, the real thing will be easier."

"You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it."
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