When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of those gyms their scary-looking gym equipment, and they're going to assume that we were a culture obsessed with torture.

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Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and...

Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and...

The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger...

The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger...

I think the killers get far too much attention.

I think the killers get far too much attention.

Where does personality end and brain damage begin?

Where does personality end and brain damage begin?

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...

If nothing else, we simply get used to being alive.

If nothing else, we simply get used to being alive.

Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.

Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.

If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a...

If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a...

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

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

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.

Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle...

Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle...

In our heads we're all about 33 years old.

In our heads we're all about 33 years old.

When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world...

When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world...

A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection, it feels good when...

A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection, it feels good when...

Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as...

Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as...

There's a lot to be said for having a small manageable dream.

There's a lot to be said for having a small manageable dream.

You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are...

You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are...

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?

Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements...

Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements...