American writers want to be not good but great; and so are neither. - Gore Vidal

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The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.

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Reality is something the human race doesn't handle very well.

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POWERS: Well, good morning Mr. Kreton, and how are we today?
KRETON: Absolutely wallowing in the twentieth century.

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