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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - February 3, 2012
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.
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Paul Dirac (1902 - 1984)
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An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do.
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Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953), in Constantine Fitzgibbon, Life of Dylan Thomas (1965)
I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.
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Henny Youngman (1906 - 1998)
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Humor is everywhere, in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.
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Bill Nye, Interview with Wired.com, April 2005
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