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• As a writer you sometimes feel the need to shake things up.

  George Meyer

  Needs, Sometimes, Shakes

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• When people have no interest in a subject, it's very hard to get them to laugh about it. If I had to write ten jokes about potholders, I don't think I could do it. But I could write ten jokes about Catholicism in the next twenty minutes.

  George Meyer

  Writing, Thinking, People

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.ericspitznagel.com. September 1, 2004.

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• I have no idea how it got so big. I was just trying to find something to do while I was living in Boulder, Colorado, which isn't really a funny town. There are a lot of smart people there, but comedy isn't at the forefront of their minds.

  George Meyer

  Smart, Ideas, People

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• As a child, I tried to play by the rules. I got very good grades in school; I was an Eagle Scout; and I believed in all of it.

  George Meyer

  Children, School, Eagles

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• Life is challenging for everyone. If someone can believe that he's a sovereign in his tiny domain, it's just an adaptation to life.

  George Meyer

  Believe, Challenges, Tiny

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• I'm enthralled by the national yearning that the Russians had during the 50s and 60s. The whole century was pretty rough for them. They suffered genocide, war, poverty, and half the population was sent to labor camps. But they were determined to get into space first.

  George Meyer

  War, Space, Population

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• The most oblivious people are often the happiest.

  George Meyer

  People, Oblivious

  The Believer Interview, www.ericspitznagel.com. September 1, 2004.

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• I'm a pessimist, but I have many painstakingly applied coats of optimism.

  George Meyer

  Optimism, Coats, Pessimist

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.ericspitznagel.com. September 1, 2004.

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• It was peculiar to be standing so close to him. He's just a man, but still, what a thing to be Neil Armstrong!

  George Meyer

  Men, Peculiar, Armstrong

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• I love that Voltaire was so willing to shock his readers with arbitrary cruelty. And I can completely relate to it.

  George Meyer

  Arbitrary, Shock, Cruelty

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• For me, marriage is a grotesque, unforgiving, clunky contrivance. Yet society pushes it as a shimmering ideal.

  George Meyer

  Grotesque, Ideals, Unforgiving

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• Every joke can't be dazzling. And if you think you spotted an inconsistency, you did!

  George Meyer

  Thinking, Inconsistency, Jokes

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• I don't remember a lot of what I write. I try to release it after it's out there so that I can be fresh again.

  George Meyer

  Writing, Trying, Remember

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• As a John Kerry supporter, I wanted to send him a check. But then it occurred to me that most of that money would end up in the hands of advertising agencies and television networks. And the money would be used to create deceptive commercials that flatter our point of view and shade the facts our way. And I wasn't comfortable with that. But on the other hand, that's how the game is played. You're always grappling.

  George Meyer

  Agency, Views, Hands

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• I prefer to linger on the periphery before making a commitment.

  George Meyer

  Commitment, Periphery

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• When people have no interest in a subject, it's very hard to get them to laugh about it.

  George Meyer

  People, Laughing, Interest

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• I guess I'm drawn to religion because I can be provocative without harming something people really care about, like their cars.

  George Meyer

  People, Car, Provocative

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• I had a bumper sticker on my car for a long time that said, "Kill your television." People helpfully pointed out that I was a total fraud because I was a television writer.

  George Meyer

  Long, People, Car

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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