Tag: quote
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This here world
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. — James Branch Cabell
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Just in case God turns out to be real
When you die, if you go somewhere where they ask you a bunch of questions about your life and what you learned and all, I think a good way to get out of it is just to say, ‘No speaka English.’ — Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts
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Words from Sponsors
“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.” — Horace Walpole
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You said it, sista
From moviequotes: The American Film Institute lists its top 100 movie quotes. You’ll find the first 25 in the article over here. Before you click, tell me this: which movie line just popped into your head first?
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From Quoteworld’s Quote of the Day
“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.” — Stella Adler (1902-1992), American actress
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Brain pretzel gumbo
More brain food for those recent discussions: “If the world was without any natural evil and suffering we wouldn’t have the opportunity, or nearly as much opportunity, to show courage, patience and sympathy.” – Richard Swinburne “When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters – one represents danger, and the other…
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Now, this is interesting
“However jewel-like the good will may be in its own right, there is a morally significant difference between rescuing someone from a burning building and dropping him from a twelfth-storey window while trying to rescue him.” Thomas Nagel, Mortal Questions
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BoingBoing gets crabs
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/05/26/spider_crabs_10_deep.html At night they sway and wander in the waters far under, But morning rolls them in the foam. — Kenneth Slessor, Beach Burial
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B.F. Skinner’s Matrix3 Review
The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. — B. F. Skinner, Contingencies of Reinforcement