"From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us."

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"From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us."

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"From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us."

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"I'm standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I'm happy to see them go."

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"While I've had a great distaste for what's usually called song in modern poetry or for what's usually called music, I really don't think of speech as so far from song."

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"The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer."

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"I reserve the right to tell shaggy dog stories or even common jokes as part of what I'm doing. I don't give a damn if half the audience walks out."

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