That Is All (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• “But people are overlooking that the childhood of people born in 1971 was the BEST CHILDHOOD, and the last opportunity for a child to be happy ever. Nothing since can compare to that glorious time, and anyone who has ever felt nostalgia about previous (or later) time periods was wrong. We are the only right ones.”

• “I appreciate that there are defenders of school sports - football especially - who point out that athletics is not merely a fun, concussive way to make our children fight like gladiators for our amusement. It also teaches young people valuable lessons such as DISCIPLINE< TEAM-WORK, and HOW TO LIVE WITHIN A BRUTAL SOCIAL CASTE SYSTEM THAT YOU WILL NEVER ESCAPE. But if that's the case, why not just have all the children play IN A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA?”

• “Anti-Intellectual Field, by the way, was the original home stadium of the Philadelphia Eagles.”

• “Houdini, the magician who debunked magic, could not bear to see the great rationalist <Arthur Conan> Doyle enchanted by ghosts and frauds. And so he did what any friend would: He set out to prove spiritualism false and rob his friend Doyle of the only comforting fiction that was keeping him sane. It was the least he could do.”

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1. John Hodgman (Author)

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• Dewey: 808

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• Books › Entertainment › Humor

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• That Is All from John Hodgman: John Hodgman is The Deranged Millionaire in the trailer for his final book of complete world knowledge.
• TED: John Hodgman: Aliens, love -- where are they?: John Hodgman at TED - as described in HOW TO BE A DERANGED MILLIONAIRE.

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