If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff in a Wal-Mart is made, I get that woozy feeling you get when you see ducks covered in crude oil.

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Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.

Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.

We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they're so rude.

We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they're so rude.

Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state...

Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state...

The real killers in the business world aren't the ones who aim for the top,...

The real killers in the business world aren't the ones who aim for the top,...

In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich.

In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich.

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what...

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what...

I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them...

I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them...

High school is such a shared experience in North American culture.

High school is such a shared experience in North American culture.

Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except...

Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except...

What if God exists except it turns out he doesn't really like people very much?

What if God exists except it turns out he doesn't really like people very much?

It also allows you to look as though you're not particularly from the present, future...

It also allows you to look as though you're not particularly from the present, future...

Star Trek characters never go shopping.

Star Trek characters never go shopping.

A man in a bookstore buys a book on loneliness and every woman in the...

A man in a bookstore buys a book on loneliness and every woman in the...

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...

If you're not a tree hugger, then you're a what, a tree hater?

If you're not a tree hugger, then you're a what, a tree hater?

Try not thinking of peeling an orange. Try not imagining the juice running down your...

Try not thinking of peeling an orange. Try not imagining the juice running down your...

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.

I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who...

I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who...

I get an awful lot of fan mail, and I read all that I can.

I get an awful lot of fan mail, and I read all that I can.

We use tools such as email, not just as a way to keep in daily...

We use tools such as email, not just as a way to keep in daily...