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Small: Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we should
Craig Bruce
"Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we shouldn't bother fighting it"
Craig Bruce
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Small: Dont judge a book by its thickness either
Craig Bruce
"Don't judge a book by its thickness either"
Craig Bruce
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Small: Anything on paper is obsolete!
Craig Bruce
"Anything on paper is obsolete!"
Craig Bruce
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Small: Time is a resource whose supply is inversely proportional to its demand
Craig Bruce
"Time is a resource whose supply is inversely proportional to its demand"
Craig Bruce
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Small: Never underestimate the power of a simple tool
Craig Bruce
"Never underestimate the power of a simple tool"
Craig Bruce
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Small: My to-do list is so long that it doesnt have an end it has an event horizon
Craig Bruce
"My to-do list is so long that it doesn't have an end; it has an event horizon"
Craig Bruce
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Small: I think therefore, I am the center of the universe
Craig Bruce
"I think; therefore, I am the center of the universe"
Craig Bruce
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Small: I am woman, hear me bitch
Craig Bruce
"I am woman, hear me bitch"
Craig Bruce
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Small: Dont trust anyone who has been in school for the past 24 consecutive years
Craig Bruce
"Don't trust anyone who has been in school for the past 24 consecutive years"
Craig Bruce
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Small: Yeah, computers are going to take over the programming business because they have become so fast recently that
Craig Bruce
"Yeah, computers are going to take over the programming business because they have become so fast recently that they can solve the Halting Problem in five seconds flat"
Craig Bruce
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Small: The only people Ive ever heard saying that disagreeing with Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld is un-American or treaso
Craig Bruce
"The only people I've ever heard saying that disagreeing with Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld is un-American or treasonous are people who disagree with Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld"
Craig Bruce
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Small: Organizations like the ACLU fought and won the good fight back in the 1960s, but its clear that nowadays theyv
Craig Bruce
"Organizations like the ACLU fought and won the good fight back in the 1960's, but it's clear that nowadays they've run out of useful things to do since they now spend most of their time defending the scum of the Earth from getting what they rightly deserve"
Craig Bruce
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Small: From each according to his ability, to each according to his ability
Craig Bruce
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his ability"
Craig Bruce
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Small: Whoever invented double clicking should be shot in the head! Twice!
Craig Bruce
"Whoever invented double clicking should be shot in the head! Twice!"
Craig Bruce
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Small: Its funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achievin
Craig Bruce
"It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals"
Craig Bruce
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Small: In order for a man to be truly evil, he must be a woman
Craig Bruce
"In order for a man to be truly evil, he must be a woman"
Craig Bruce
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Small: If I gave a damn what other people think of me, I would be more like other people
Craig Bruce
"If I gave a damn what other people think of me, I would be more like other people"
Craig Bruce
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Small: Geez, all that money we waste on space exploration just think how many bombs that would buy!
Craig Bruce
"Geez, all that money we waste on space exploration; just think how many bombs that would buy!"
Craig Bruce
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Small: When anarchy is declared, the first thing we do, lets kill all the anarchists
Craig Bruce
"When anarchy is declared, the first thing we do, let's kill all the anarchists"
Craig Bruce
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Small: Things always look better when you havent seen them
Craig Bruce
"Things always look better when you haven't seen them"
Craig Bruce
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Small: 1 + 1 2. Everything else is derived
Craig Bruce
"1 + 1 = 2. Everything else is derived"
Craig Bruce
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Small: Um, what I found though about the Christian Brothers is this: that they were certainly muscular
"Um, what I found though about the Christian Brothers is this: that they were certainly muscular"
Thomas Keneally, Novelist
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Small: I thought Id definitely be a writer, whatever I did
"I thought I'd definitely be a writer, whatever I did"
Thomas Keneally, Novelist
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Small: Australia integrated the - brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectarianism, which h
"Australia integrated the - brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectarianism, which had existed in other places - in Glasgow, in Liverpool and of course in Ireland, north and south"
Thomas Keneally, Novelist
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Small: And I liked pluralist Australia. I got a taste for pluralist Australia. I like, I like Australians and I cant
"And I liked pluralist Australia. I got a taste for pluralist Australia. I like, I like Australians and I can't believe that they're going to go to hell because they tell a good dirty joke, you know"
Thomas Keneally, Novelist
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Small: I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because its the children on th
"I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because it's the children on the side of the playground who become the dangerous writers"
Thomas Keneally, Novelist
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Small: The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic... for the grounds for that love have always been the
Germaine Greer
"The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic... for the grounds for that love have always been the assumption that we ought to realize that we are the same the whole world over"
Germaine Greer, Activist
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Small: Revolution is the festival of the oppressed
Germaine Greer
"Revolution is the festival of the oppressed"
Germaine Greer, Activist
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Small: Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to
Germaine Greer
"Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from it, we are programmed for survival amid catastrophe"
Germaine Greer, Activist
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Small: If a person loves only one other person, and is indifferent to his fellow men, his love is not love but a symb
Germaine Greer
"If a person loves only one other person, and is indifferent to his fellow men, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism"
Germaine Greer, Activist
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Small: Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves when that right is pre-empted it is called brain-w
Germaine Greer
"Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called brain-washing"
Germaine Greer, Activist
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Small: Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he is alone
Germaine Greer
"Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he is alone"
Germaine Greer, Activist
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Small: Youre only young once, but you can be immature forever
Germaine Greer
"You're only young once, but you can be immature forever"
Germaine Greer, Activist
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Small: The real theater of the sex war is the domestic hearth
Germaine Greer
"The real theater of the sex war is the domestic hearth"
Germaine Greer, Activist
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Small: The house wife is an unpaid employee in her husbands house in return for the security of being a permanent emp
Germaine Greer
"The house wife is an unpaid employee in her husband's house in return for the security of being a permanent employee"
Germaine Greer, Activist
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Small: Act quickly, think slowly
Germaine Greer
"Act quickly, think slowly"
Germaine Greer, Activist
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Small: And it is a folly to try to craft a novel for the screen, to write a novel with a screen contract in mind
"And it is a folly to try to craft a novel for the screen, to write a novel with a screen contract in mind"
Thomas Keneally, Novelist
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Small: And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I f
"And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt a duty to the church and my parents to become a priest"
Thomas Keneally, Novelist
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Small: So I was very close to ordination. I was delighted to be ordained a deacon, which is the last step between, be
"So I was very close to ordination. I was delighted to be ordained a deacon, which is the last step between, before becoming a priest. But then it all fell apart"
Thomas Keneally, Novelist
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Small: And so um, I knew that I really didnt want to be a priest and didnt want to be a celibate, though I could prob
"And so um, I knew that I really didn't want to be a priest and didn't want to be a celibate, though I could probably manage it. Um, and um, ultimately I left"
Thomas Keneally, Novelist
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