Not merely the ones we're familiar with – the Isherwoods, Goebbelses, Kennedys – but also those who lived seemingly inconsequential lives.
They all seem to be aware of the fact that they are tiny, inconsequential beings living fleeting lives; some are fine with this knowledge, while others are mystified, fascinated, or devastated.
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There are two kinds of people in the world: People who believe This Is Spinal Tap is the greatest comedy of all time and everyone else, those horrifying specs of inconsequential scrub, fated to live their lives in a state of slow-motion futility.
One of those people who signed up to Friends Reunited, back in the day, when that kind of thing was done, just to make sure everyone they went to school with was living lives as inconsequential as theirs.
"We need to make Washington as inconsequential in our lives as we can," he said to more applause.
Perry charged that the administration had "prolonged our national misery, not alleviated it". He promised to work every day to make Washington "inconsequential" in the lives of Americans.
At one point, he charged that the administration's policy had "prolonged our national misery, not alleviated it". He promised to work every day to make government "inconsequential" in the lives of Americans.
You might think that yours days are too ordinary to bother recording, but our lives are made up of tiny little things that only seem inconsequential as we're living them.
The current task, therefore, is, as Rick Perry says, to make the government "inconsequential" in people's lives — to pare back the state to revive personal responsibility and private initiative.
