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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
 Ambrose Bierce
If there really was a Jewish conspiracy to run the world, my rabbi would
have let me in on it by now. I contribute enough to the shule.
 Ambrose Bierce
"Every morning, I get up and look through the 'Forbes' list of the
richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work"
 Ambrose Bierce
A priest asked: What is Fate, Master?
And the Master answered:
It is that which gives a beast of burden its reason for existence.
It is that which men in former times had to bear upon their backs.
It is that which has caused nations to build bywa Ambrose Bierce
In my end is my beginning.
 Ambrose Bierce
Many hands make light work.
 Ambrose Bierce
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of
work to do.
 Bierce
Ambrose
American business long ago gave up on demanding that prospective employees
be honest and hardworking. It has even stopped hoping for employees who are
educated enough that they can tell the difference between the men's room and
the women's room with Bierce
Ambrose
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first
overcome.
 Bierce
Ambrose
Marijuana will be legal some day, because the many law students
who now smoke pot will someday become congressmen and legalize
it in order to protect themselves.
 Bierce
Ambrose
Intellect annuls Fate.
So far as a man thinks, he is free.
 Bierce
Ambrose
If one inquires why the American tradition is so strong against any connection
of State and Church, why it dreads even the rudiments of religious teaching
in state-maintained schools, the immediate and superficial answer is not
far to seek. ... The  Bierce Ambrose
If I were a grave-digger or even a hangman, there are some people I could
work for with a great deal of enjoyment.
 Bierce Ambrose
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I
will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all
Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they
teach. Oh, tell me that I may s Bierce Ambrose
I'd be a poorer man if I'd never seen an eagle fly.
 Bierce Ambrose
I went into a bar feeling a little depressed, the bartender said,
"What'll you have, Bud"?
I said," I don't know, surprise me".
So he showed me a nude picture of my wife.
 Bierce Ambrose
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Star Wars is adolescent nonsense; Close Encounters is obscurantist drivel;
Star Trek can turn your brains to puree of bat guano; and the greatest
science fiction series of all time is Doctor Who! And I'll take you all
on, one-by-one or all in a bunc Ellison
Harlan
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