"Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages."
-Terry Pratchett
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"Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.“
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"The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened is that science fiction has been subsumed into modern literature. There are grandparents out there who speak Klingon, who are quite capable of holding down a job. No one would think twice now about a parallel universe."
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"The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop."
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"The baby boomers are getting older, and will stay older for longer. And they will run right into the dementia firing range. How will a society cope? Especially a society that can't so readily rely on those stable family relationships that traditionally provided the backbone of care?"
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"The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it."
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"The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head."
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