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I've lost myself in my work many times. If you love what you do, this can be a Zen thing, where past and future recede to a vanishing point and leave nothing but the perfect vexing, challenging, beguiling now.

— John Vorhaus The Albuquerque Turkey (2011)

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To an asshole, the whole world looks dark.

Under the Gun (2008)

Go off in all directions at once; you're bound to get somewhere somehow.

The Albuquerque Turkey (2011)

The universe... doesn't owe us anything but an education, and it gives us lessons every day.

Replace, Wince, Repeat (2007)

The controlling idea... in so many facets of human interaction is: If you can't be right, be loud; if you're loud enough long enough, you will appear to be right.

Poker Night (2004)

[That] is the essence of poker: making tricky decisions based on incomplete information.

Poker Night (2004)

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

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Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

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