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 You can only understand a complicated thing by starting with a dumbell theory. 
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 "Is" is the verb for when you don't want a verb. 
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 You've heard these jokes about getting a doctorate for studying the use of semicolons. We're in that business. 
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 What's the relation between how I think and how I think I think? 
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 There's lots of ways of getting this information, if you're actually alive. 
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 It wasn't necessary for me to finish because you know that the end of it was going to be about the end of it. 
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 I usually use notes to remember what not to say. 
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 I cannot talk and write at the same time. 
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