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"That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington bureau reporters. They ask hard questions and they're relentless. And they were quite suspicious and quite dubious about me."
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"Brand-new truths are probably not Truths."
"By nature, that mind is easily fooled by supernatural mysticism. It is extremely gullible. And no matter how much we the civilized human beings advance in the fields of modern sciences, there is always a part of us, that tries to allure us with magical nonsense, because that nonsense has been with us since the birth of humanity."
"People need to stop accepting the evidence of reality, and start questioning it."
"Hearsay, even from the people I love, doesn't equate to gospel truth."
"Don't believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose."
"If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom."
"Doubt is an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness."
"I shouldn't believe anything I say, if I were you-and that includes what I just told you."
"Her weight settled on her back foot as she crossed her arms over her chest and stared at him, now legitimately baffled."How delusional are you, aliens in your head notwithstanding?"
"We are not alone!Everything has been orchestrated.If you think that the meteor that killed of the dinosaurs was natural. Think again!What use would a world of greed be if we had to worry about getting eaten by dinosaurs every minute of the day?It wouldn't be good for the economy, now would it?Think about it!"
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