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English is capable of defining sentiments that the human nervous system is quite incapable of experiencing.
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Death isn't funny." "Then why are there so many jokes about death? Jill, with us — us humans — death is so sad that we must laugh at it.
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The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
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At least once every human should have to run for his life, to teach him that milk does not come from supermarkets, that safety does not come from policemen, that news is not something that happens to other people. He might learn how his ancestors lived and that he himself is no different—in the crunch his life depends on his agility, alertness, and personal resourcefulness.
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Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in its favor is that it is eight times as good as any other method the human race has ever tried.
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Eroticism is assenting to life even in death.
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Born:
July 7, 1907
Died:
May 8, 1988
(aged 80)
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