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I think that we’re always drawn – particularly sophisticated people – are always drawn to the idea of simplicity.
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Wit and puns aren’t just décor in the mind; they’re essential signs that the mind knows it’s on, recognizes its own software, can spot the bugs in its own program.
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The scale and the brutality of our prisons are the moral scandal of American life.
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I think I’m more intensely opinionated when I speak; more agreeably balanced when I write.
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