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    Because I have been a magician for many years, people have often asked me whether I ever have sawn a woman in half. I reply, Oh, yes I've sawn over seventy women in half in my lifetime, and I'm learning the second half of the trick now.

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    Humor could not flourish in a wholly serious and rational atmosphere.

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    I believe that either Jupiter has life or it doesn't. But I neither believe that it does, nor do I believe that it doesn't.

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    I have free will, but not of my own choice. I have never freely chosen to have free will. I have to have free will, whether I like it or not!

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    It has always puzzled me that so many people have taken it for granted that God favors those who believe in him. Isn't it possible that the actual God is a scientific God who has little patience with beliefs founded on faith rather than evidence?

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    Metaphysical problems about "mind" versus "matter" arise only from epistemological confusions.

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    Recently, someone asked me if I believed in astrology. He seemed somewhat puzzled when I explained that the reason I don't is that I'm a Gemini.

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    Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled wrong.

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    There is nothing like a naturalistic orientation to dispel all these morbid thoughts of "sin" and "free will" and "moral responsibility.

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    Why do I act as I do? To tell you the truth, I have absolutely no idea why. It is simply my nature to act as I act, and that's all I can say.

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    Why should I be worried about death?

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    Why should I be worried about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime!

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    No, free will is not an 'extra'; it is part and parcel of the very essence of consciousness. A conscious being without free will is simply a metaphysical absurdity.