How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?

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About Woody Allen

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Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and comedian. In a career spanning more than seven decades, he has written for film, television, and theater. As a screenwriter, Allen holds the record of most wins (3) and nominations (16) for the Academy...

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I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.

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It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.

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Why are our days numbered and not, say, lettered?

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True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values.

—William Ralph Inge

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We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.

—Samuel Johnson

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I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.

—Richard Feynman

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The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

—H. L. Mencken

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It was quite incomprehensible to me… why in my evening prayers I should pray for human beings only. So when my mother had prayed with me and had kissed me goodnight, I used to add silently a prayer that I had composed myself for all living creatures. It ran thus: "O Heavenly Father, protect and bless all things that have breath; guard them from all evil, and let them sleep in peace. "

—Albert Schweitzer

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