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Qualifications don't count. All Ike did was invade Europe and look like your uncle.

L.A. Weekly piece was coming out in mid-February. Day One

Then he was wrong, Hurry; very wrong. A man can enjoy plunder peaceably nowhere.

As your distress is occasioned by my company, said Eve, it is fortunately in my power to relieve it.

He burst into the house and ate Grandma, an entirely valid course of action for a carnivore such as himself.

I hope nobody took the Razzle Dazzle Rose.

It is a touching story, and it is written more to convince than to tell. I am not convinced.

In a childhood full of unhappiness and rage, Babar is one of the few pleasant memories i have. Me and Babar, kicking some motherfucking ass.

He was going to show that the paradoxes were not excrescences; they were fundamental.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

As do most Koreans, Seoul residents consider the uncertainty related to housing to be the biggest threat to their livelihoods.

The Japanese campaign involves therefore two great uncertainties; first, whether Russia will come in though we think that will be all right; and second, when and how S-1 will resolve itself.

The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.

Obama's economic policies obviously have not worked, and have left the American market place with enormous uncertainty and anxiety.

Small businesses all across this nation are tired of the uncertainty created by Washington.

There's never been a time in my life where you had the names the United States and political uncertainty in the same sentence.

Maybe it'll be like 'The Simpsons,' and everybody will remain unchanged. Maybe that's what 'Glee's about. Maybe this is kind of a stasis show. I don't know.

We know Uncle George directly, so he gives us music to sample, all we gotta do is tell him directly and we can use it.

I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.

The only TV show that I've been in that my uncle gives me recognition for is 'Doctor Who.'

A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.

I don't feel uncomfortable in forbidding institutions, and work with, say, prisons or psychiatric institutions could be one of the things that evolve out of the Laureateship.

I'm not uncomfortable around guns - I've hunted for most of my life - but bringing them on stories is considered taboo.

Sometimes, discomfort is very uncomfortable. Anybody can get occasionally tired of it, and then it can change fast, where it's comfort that disturbs you.