Everybody has basically the same family, it's just reconfigured slightly differently from one to the next.

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Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long.

Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long.

Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters.

Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters.

We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary...

We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary...

Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an...

Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an...

You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.

You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.

Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long.

Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long.

Star Trek characters never go shopping.

Star Trek characters never go shopping.

Telling people they look relaxed makes them look relaxed.

Telling people they look relaxed makes them look relaxed.

Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by...

Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by...

It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend...

It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend...

You wait for fate to bring about the changes in life which you should be...

You wait for fate to bring about the changes in life which you should be...

Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much...

Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much...

One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care...

One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care...

I like doing radio because it's so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, you're...

I like doing radio because it's so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, you're...

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world...

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world...

Most of us have only two or three genuinely interesting moments in our lives; the...

Most of us have only two or three genuinely interesting moments in our lives; the...

Clowns drink to blot out the ravages of terrifying children for a living.

Clowns drink to blot out the ravages of terrifying children for a living.

We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping.

We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping.

Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life.

Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life.

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.