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It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world. Al Franken carpeteasyput Change image and share on social
Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn't do the only job they're supposed to have, the only job they had, which is to give accurate, objective ratings to financial products. Al Franken accurateagencycredit share on social
I think Hell exists on Earth. It's a psychological state, or it can be a physical state. People who have severe mental illness are in Hell. People who have lost a loved one are in Hell. I think there are all kinds of different hells. It's not a place you go to after you die. Al Franken dieearthexist share on social
You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs. Daniel H. Wilson belongfindhope Change image and share on social
You're trying to write about something that's sacred. You're trying to bring the seriousness of life and death to it, and you're trying to find a way to dramatize it, and you're trying to give language to it, which is inadequate. But it's important to try. Edward Hirsch bringdeathdramatize share on social
Everything about me is a contradiction, and so is everything about everybody else. We are made out of oppositions; we live between two poles. There's a philistine and an aesthete in all of us, and a murderer and a saint. You don't reconcile the poles. You just recognize them. Orson Welles aesthetecontradictionlive share on social