Conanism: 8 May, 2007
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“Former President Bill Clinton wrote the clues for the New York Times crossword puzzle recently. It was obvious he did it because the clue for 9 across was ‘Synonym for pain in the ass. Rhymes with millary’”
Beware the Ides of March. Class struggle in 44 BC
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Gaius Cassius Longinus: You might wish as you will. We yet have the Senate behind us and all the men of quality.
Marcus Antonius: And I… have an angry mob… that will roast and eat your men of quality in the ashes of the Senate house!
In the wake of Gaius Julius Caesar’s assassination, and his own brilliant eulogy rousing Rome’s masses against Caesar’s assassins, Mark Antony, in his inimitable way, denigrating the Optimates’ misplaced confidence in the ability of Rome’s patricians to shield them from the public’s fury. The conspirators left Rome soon afterwards. In haste.
From the first episode of the second season of the BBC/HBO mini-series Rome.
Filial devotion, or willing endorsement of butchery?
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“He talked to us and told us about this name that he is being called. We understand that it is part of his job and there’s nothing personal about that… that means my dad is really working. Every time he’s called a ‘butcher’ we are actually proud.”
Macy Palparan, Retired Gen. Jovito Palparan’s daughter: Reacting to accusations that her father is a berdugo, or butcher.
His own best fan
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Everybody thinks its cool to say ‘I hate watching myself onscreen.’ Well, that’s bullshit. We’re in a narcissistic business. Everybody likes watching themselves.”
Samuel L Jackson: On the various lies that showbiz people throw around.
TIME, 4 Sept, 2006
Understood
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“Randy is the only OBNOXIOUS person I like PRECISELY BECAUSE he’s OBNOXIOUS.”
Munchism (3)
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Mailorder Bride Madam: “90-days Money Back Guarantee. Are you interested?
Munch: “Too easy. Without abject suffering I wouldn’t know what to do with myself.”
Hahahahahah
Munchism (2)
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NSA/CIA/FBI-type spook: “Detective, there are many things that take a backseat to national security. However, if I had known Croft was a pedophile I never would have hired him.”
Munch: “Right. And there were no nazis at NASA.”
