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"Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt."

"In the middle of the storm, the 'a' of the atheist drops!"

"It's a technical, fairly difficult job that has no particular political connotations, so I doubt there are any big campaign contributors dying to be on the Fed. And remember, it doesn't pay very well, certainly by Republican standards."

"Sometimes I feel certain that the hyenas are laughing at us."

"That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward."

"A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt."
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"From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away."

"The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be."

"The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business."

"Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations."

"The moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he is fresh out of ideas."

"I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it."

"Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic."
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