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How Ironic that those of us with our heads in the clouds would turn out to be the ones who were paying attention.


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Truth is respect for reality. Don't disrespect reality.
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RAIN BOJANGLES Sometimes the aftermath is not worth the foreplay.
RAIN BOJANGLES You're just as witty as you feel, just as witty as you feel inside.
RAIN BOJANGLES Logic is my moral compass.
RAIN BOJANGLES A memorable quote requires a shake of semantic shenanigans and a pinch of poetic pulchritude.
RAIN BOJANGLES I have been devaluing my time for years based on the theory that one day I won't be able to afford t...
RAIN BOJANGLES God is sacred. Religion is profane.
RAIN BOJANGLES Irreverence is highly underrated.
RAIN BOJANGLES The good thing about a bad memory is that it lessens one's perception of redundancy.
RAIN BOJANGLES Zealotry, thy name is religion.
RAIN BOJANGLES All Holy books contain pearls of wisdom amidst their vile, archaic notions.
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RAIN BOJANGLES When a reason is no longer reasonable it becomes an excuse.
RAIN BOJANGLES Fear is the question. Love is the answer.
RAIN BOJANGLES If they can't swallow facts, let them eat fiction.
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RAIN BOJANGLES The path to the truth is found in the spaces between the lies.
RAIN BOJANGLES Lose your illusion or use your delusion. The choice is yours.
RAIN BOJANGLES Religion requires faith. Faith does not require religion.
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RAIN BOJANGLES Money is not the root of all evil, it is the fruit. Humans are the root.
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RAIN BOJANGLES The irony of the pot calling the kettle black. Where's the pun in that?
RAIN BOJANGLES Truth hurts but ignorance is deadly.
RAIN BOJANGLES Religion is a vale of tears shrouded by a veil of lies.
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RAIN BOJANGLES Actually, it IS like I said it first.
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RAIN BOJANGLES I spent decades being intellectual before I finally learned to be intelligent.
RAIN BOJANGLES If the U.$. is truly a Christian nation, that doesn't speak well of Christianity
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RAIN BOJANGLES The writing is on the wall, but most people are watching TV.
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RAIN BOJANGLES Weigh your words carefully. They may tip the balance."
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J.R. RAIN Hell hath no fury like a man embarrassed by a woman
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