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Nicholson Baker

"For me, as a beginning novelist, all other living writers form a control group for whom the world is a placebo."

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"I can't sprinkle sprinkles on. I lose control when I have sprinkles. I'm shaky. I still remember the great sprinkle accident of 1982."

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"What I hate is the thought of being under a man's thumb," I had told Doctor Nolan. "A man doesn't have a worry in the world, while I've got a baby hanging over my head like a big stick, to keep me in line."

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"When parameters are not set for man, there is always an unknown abuse."

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"One year they asked me to be poster boy - for birth control."

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"It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself."

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"Try to control your anger before it burns your life."

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"The ego constantly competes with the spirit for control over your inner voice."

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"Is anarchism desirable? Well, who does not seek freedom? What man, unless willing to declare himself in bondage, would care to call any control agreeable? Think about it!"

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"Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that... the control over your dearest interests has passed into the hands of these corporations."

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"America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they're doing in Yugoslavia."

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"For me, as a beginning novelist, all other living writers form a control group for whom the world is a placebo."
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