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" Reality is contradictory. And it's paradoxical. "

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To Be Or Not To Be

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" When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing. "

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" In fiction, when you paint yourself into a corner, you can write a pair of suction cups onto the bottoms of your shoes and walk up the wall and out the skylight and see the sun breaking through the clouds. In nonfiction, you don't have that luxury. "

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