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“There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.”

George Carlin · Future

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The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.

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When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands.

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I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work.

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When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent.

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