The Bewilderness

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"Hello, I'm Samuel"

The deaf Amish farmer in Romero's Diary of the Dead. He wields a scythe with aplomb.

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Let us learn to dream, gentlemen, then perhaps we shall find the truth...but let us beware of publishing our dreams before they have been put to the proof by the waking understanding.

Friedrich August Kekule

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"Powerpoint presentations damage your brain - if you look at too many, you become immoral."

Yossi Vardi

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Those of us who prefer dogs to humans will be able to have four-legged furry offspring thanks to startling new developmentsin genetic engineering...As my Airedale is already better natured, better looking and more intelligent than many of my friends' children I am looking forward to the day.

Only very old-fashioned women will have babies in the old-fashioned way. Everyone else will opt for a 'babybox' and grow their babies at home -like mustard and cress, only taking rather longer.

From the Prospect survey of intellectuals in 2000

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I am now committed to moderation. But moderation must be moderate,i.e. admit occasional excess, otherwise moderation becomes excessive.

Arthur Koestler