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“Human beings today are surrounded by huge institutions we can never penetrate: the City, the banking system, political and advertising conglomerates, vast entertainment enterprises. They've made themselves user friendly, but they define the tastes to which we conform. They're rather subtle, subservient tyrants, but no less sinister for that.”

“Everybody takes breaks, and I decided to take mine. I wanted a chance to wake up at two in the afternoon and not be a subject of entertainment. I wanted to be a human being. At certain times and certain years, I felt like the Energizer bunny. That gets old very quickly.”

Years Humans Two Wanted Certain Felt Chance Human Beings Break Subjects Mines Decided Wake Up Entertainment Afternoon Bunnies

Author:Raven-Symone

“I'm not a human being. I'm despicable and disgusting - but that's where the money is.”

Humans Art Human Beings Entertainment Disgusting Despicable

Author:Steve Martin

“We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed of self-destruction and the certainty of death. The thing is to see how long the theater, the play, and the human being can last in spite of themselves.”

Knows Humans Long Self Play Lasts Human Beings Destruction Theater Entertainment Seeds Certainty Spite Broadway Self Destruction Certainty Of Death

Book:Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself

Source: Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself