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• Somewhere", said Father Vittorini, "did Blake not speak of the Machineries of Joy?
  That is, did not God promote environments, then intimidate these Natures by provoking the existence of flesh, toy men and women, such as are we all?...
• A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent.
  It is right it should be so; Man was made for Joy and Woe...
• In the Plaza Hotel once, when I was doing the quiz show, there was a priest in the elevator.
  I hope you're not offended by this--I'd tell a story about a rabbi but it doesn't fit, and neither did the rabbi and they finally threw him out of the synagogue....
• He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy
  But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise. -- William Blake...
• And the Lord God said, "Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil
  and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever, we must send him forth....
• We show our present joking, giggling race, True joy consists in gravity and grace. -- Garrick
• Jesus walked on water - Elvis surfed. Jesus said, "love thy neighbor.
  Elvis said, "Don't be cruel." Jesus was a carpenter - Elvis's favorite high school class was wood shop....