If you don’t care about something, one way to demonstrate your feelings is to say the word and … - Daniel Handler

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They call me "a teacher, a fomenter of violence. " I would say point blank, "That is a lie. I'm not for wanton violence, I'm for justice.

Daniel Handler

If you don’t care about something, one way to demonstrate your feelings is to say the word and then repeat the word with the letters S-C-H-M replacing the first letters. Somebody who didn’t care about dentists, for instance could say ‘Dentist, schmentists.

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Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn't mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.

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Dead women tell no tales. Sad men write them down.

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It was darker than a pitch-black panther, covered in tar, eating black licorice at the very bottom of the deepest part of the Black Sea.

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If I were to say, "Yes, I am a fascinating, erudite person," what would that say about me? I don't know.

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If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed," but most of us would say something more along the lines of, "Aaaaaa! My arm! My arm!

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