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"In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter."
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"I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific."
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"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."
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"I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet."
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"A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think."
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"The First Amendment is not without limits."
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"Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does."
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"Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new writers to sell a book to a local publisher first, which then makes a US edition more likely."
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"I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer."
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"Jim wanted to be known as a poet, first and foremost."
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"That's the trouble with trying to influence an undecided voter. First you have to find one."
First

"It seems to me we have been in a rhetorical arms race in this country, with each side unwilling to lay down its weapons for fear - usually justified - the other side would beat them to a pulp."
Fear

"Anyone who has seen me spin that heavy, giant wheel on television knows that I'm not a steroid user."
Television

"The most important political task facing the out-of-power party - the Democrats for now - is creating a villain to run against. It's certainly easier than developing some grand new ideas or policies on which to campaign."
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"I'm more concerned about members of Congress being drug-free than I am about members of the Yankees or Giants."
Being

"If I went in to pitch this show to a network, I would be laughed out of the room."
Network

"Political pornography is not unlike the sexual kind: difficult to define, but you know it when you see it."
Pornography

"I said yes, which turned out to be the right answer."
Right

"There is a certain comfort in waking up and finding that Michael Jackson is still the Big Story. At least it tells you that nothing horrible has happened in the world that would force them to move on to real news."
Comfort

"I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Clinton cost John Kerry more votes than he gained for him whenever they appeared together. Imagine being part of a crowd enraptured by the presence of Bill Clinton, and then having to listen to a speech by John Kerry!"
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