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What makes him think a middle aged actor [Clint Eastwood], who\'s played
with a chimp, could have a future in politics?
Ronald Reagan
A man\'s ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy,
education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would
indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of
punishment and hope of reward after death. --Albert Einstein

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
-Tolstoy, Leo

Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That
means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the
distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly
persistent illusion. --Albert Einstein