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• ARITHMETIC: An obscure art no longer practiced in the world's developed countries.
• Obscurism: The practice of peppering daily life with obscure references (forgotten films, dead TV stars, unpopular books, defunct countries, etc.
  ) as a subliminal means of showcasing both one's education and one's wish to disassociate from the world of mass culture....
• The obscure we see eventually, the completely obvious takes a little longer.
• The big cities of America are becoming Third World countries. -- Nora Ephro
• There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the emotions of an audience not practiced in the tricks and illusions of oratory.
  -- Mark Twai...
• Abstinence should be practiced with modulation.
• There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth. -- Maya Angelou
• To endure, be obscure.
• Abstinence is a good thing if practiced in moderation.