Much of the conversation in the country consisted of lines from television shows, both past and present.
("Breakfast of Champions")
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Human beings in there took turns standing or lying down. The legs of those who stood were like fence posts driven into a warm, squirming, farting, sighing earth. The queer earth was a mosaic of sleepers who nestled like spoons.Kurt Vonnegut
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A lamb was a young animal which was legendary for sleeping well on the planet Earth.
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Whereas the staff, of course, was devoted to the idea that weak people should be helped as much as possible, that nobody should die.
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Well, to admire the hell out of Jesus Christ or of everyone who speaks well. And, well my grandfather said is-- if-- what Jesus said was marvelous. What does it matter whether he was God or not And it doesn't matter. So this is a human being who spoke extremely well, and we humanists listened.
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I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.
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