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This is one of the defining sorrows of books: that we cannot see one another.

John Hodgman

Houdini, the magician who debunked magic, could not bear to see the great rationalist [Arthur Conan] Doyle enchanted by ghosts and frauds. And so he did what any friend would: He set out to prove spiritualism false and rob his friend Doyle of the only comforting fiction that was keeping him sane. It was the least he could do.

John Hodgman

Truth may be stranger than fiction, goes the old saw, but it is never as strange as lies.

John Hodgman

A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime.

John Hodgman

I have learned that newborn infants roll their eyes around and move their heads and their arms in short jerky spasms. And if you homeschool them, they will stay this way forever.

John Hodgman

If you have not seen it, FOOTBALL is a game in which men shove one another back and forth for no reason. They do not choose how, when, or whom they shove. They are doing this in order to please one angry old man on the sidelines. This old man is called the 'coach' or 'yelling surrogate' dad who will never be happy.

John Hodgman

John Hodgman

John Hodgman

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Born: June 3, 1971 (age 54)

Bio: John Kellogg Hodgman is an American author, actor, and humorist.

Known for:

The Daily Show (Since 1996)
Coraline (2009)
Bored to Death (2009 – 2011)
Movie 43 (2012)
Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)

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