"Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the supermarket to acknowledge our existence."

Being, Existence, Famous, Forget

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"Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the supermarket to acknowledge our existence."

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"The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible."

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"Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing."

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"The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid hitting a rabbit on the road. Being sentimental is when the same driver, when swerving away from the rabbit, hits a pedestrian."

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"A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection, it feels good when you get one, but you forget it the moment you're past it."

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"When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of those gyms their scary-looking gym equipment, and they're going to assume that we were a culture obsessed with torture."

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