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Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to deny the existence of the air or wind, because we cannot see it.

~Adam Clarke

Topics: Absurd Air Because Cannot Deny Existence God Him Now See We Cannot Wind Would

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All tastes have the quality of being in some way artificial and invented. The secret of life is to have enough detachment from your tastes and your values to see that they are a little bit absurd.

~Adam Gopnik

Topics: Absurd Artificial Being Bit Detachment Enough Invented Life Little Little Bit Quality Secret See Some Tastes The Secret Of Values Way Your

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I have no political ax to grind; I just find it absurd that huge billion-dollar corporations can take over elections. I just find it insane that, for instance, we give tax breaks to people like myself making millions of dollars, while there're no tax breaks for working people. That, to me, is not a political issue, that's a life issue.

~Adam Mckay

Topics: Absurd Ax Breaks Corporations Dollars Elections Find Give Grind Huge Insane Instance Issue Just Life Like Making Me Millions Millions Of Dollars Myself Over People Political Take Tax Tax Breaks While Working Working People

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Life is full of ironies and absurdities.

~Adam West

Topics: Absurd Full Life

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Look at 'Batman' - that was theater of the absurd, as is 'Family Guy.'

~Adam West

Topics: Absurd Batman Family Family Guy Guy Look Theater

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It's a wonderful thing to be able to make fun of yourself and to do it in a way that sort of preserves your dignity but, at the same time, lets you play the theater of the absurd.

~Adam West

Topics: Able Absurd Dignity Fun Lets Make Play Preserves Same Same Time Sort Theater Thing Time Way Wonderful Wonderful Thing You Your Yourself

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I've had my successes and failures. I know many academics in my field loathe me. I've come to loathe them back, as it seems only polite to do so. But at heart it's absurd; we should band together against the big common enemies.

~Alain De Botton

Topics: Absurd Academics Against Back Band Big Come Common Enemies Failures Field Had Heart Know Loathe Many Me Only Polite Seems Should Successes Them Together

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I just think it's patently absurd for scientists to categorize objects on the basis of the numbers of objects that they can remember.

~Alan Stern

Topics: Absurd Basis Categorize Just Numbers Objects Remember Scientists Think

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Hollywood comedy has gotten really silly and absurd, and I like that.

~Alan Tudyk

Topics: Absurd Comedy Gotten Hollywood Like Really Silly

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The absurd depends as much on man as on the world. For the moment, it is all that links them together.

~Albert Camus

Topics: Absurd Depends Links Man Moment Much Them Together World

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