Whenever people are certain they understand our peculiar situation here on this planet, it is because they have accepted a religious Faith or a secular Ideology (Ideologies are the modern form of Faiths) and just stopped thinking.
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Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.
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The border between the Real and the Unreal is not fixed, but just marks the last place where rival gangs of shamans fought each other to a standstill.
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You know, I have found a new way to get high and stay spaced out for hours on end, and the government can't stop me... It's called senility.
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On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.
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Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals.
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