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Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works... ...Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things. - Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt

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To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Douglas Adams - RATEOTU

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LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. www.paulreverehouse.org/longfellows-...

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You are special. This doesn't mean you're better or above anyone else, but everyone has their own value. - Alison Botha

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"The wickedness of men is that their power breeds stupidity and blindness." - Gregory Maguire, Wicked

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“And, given a story to enact in which the world is a foe to be conquered, they will conquer it like a foe, and one day, inevitably, their foe will lie bleeding to death at their feet, as the world is now.” - Daniel Quinn, Ishmael

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“The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.” - Stephen King, Night Shift

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“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” - Stephen King

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Never yelled so loud at the jeopardy screen as when @cyan.com sneaks in!

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“In fact, of course, there is no secret knowledge; no one knows anything that can't be found on a shelf in the public library.” - Daniel Quinn, Ishmael

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“Human beings can't see anything without wanting to destroy it. That's original sin.” ― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

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"Simple things are almost always the hardest to explain, Julie. Showing someone how to tie a shoelace is easy. Explaining it is almost impossible" - Daniel Quinn, My Ishmael (Ishmael, #3)

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"Does it really matter if your cage is solid gold when you aren't allowed to leave it? A cage is a cage, no matter how gilded." - Raven Kennedy, Gild (The Plated Prisoner, #1)

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When you're a gamer girlie and @cyan.com comes out with Riven pins.... absolutely beautiful!

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"The reader is entertained by the journey of another, but the writer is the changer of worlds." - Rand Miller, The Book of D'ni (Myst, #3)

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“A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.” ― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

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"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adam's, Mostly Harmless

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"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya, Princess Bride (Film)

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“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” ― Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless

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"The world is not going to survive very much longer as humanity's captive" - Daniel Quinn, Ishmael

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"Trial and error isn't a bad way to learn how to build an aircraft, but it can be a disastrous way to learn how to build a civilization" - Daniel Quinn, Ishmael

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"Five severed fingers do not make a hand" - Daniel Quinn, Ishmael

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In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

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Just because you have all the horses doesn't mean you're on the right side of the river.

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A dinosaur walked into a bar and said to the bartender "you want to hear a joke?" The bartender, who was also a dinosaur, said "sure" The first dinosaur said "what did the chicken say to the duck?" The bartender said "I don't know, what?" The dinosaur said "I don't know, they don't exist yet"

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Computers are nuts. Literally a series of flashing lights that conveys information between two people. May your day be full of lights flashing in a pleasing order.

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My New Year's resolution is kindness for all, but only allowing space at the table for those who truly deserve it.

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2024 is coming to an end, and you survived. I'll have to try harder in 2025.

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Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity they can train people to stand on the edge of their tank and throw them fish.

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How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Salmon.

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There are few mental things that a nice cup of tea, a warm blanket, and a book can't fix. For everything else there's Mastercard /s

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If I learned nothing else in elementary schools it's that the water in my cup has been drunk by many people, animals, and plants... and it's just my turn now.

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Someone once told me I had too many books so I got rid of them. Unrelated: If you need me I'll be in my personal library.

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This sentence contains exactly threee erors.

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I've always been nervous around speed bumps, but I'm slowly getting over it.

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If at first you don't succeed - take a nap.

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Some of my best friends are books.

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I want to sleep as comfortably as my dog.

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Pineapple belongs on pizza far more than peppers do.

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Everyone you have ever met has poo inside them.

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Girl walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a double entendre. So he gives it to her.

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Are tissues toilet-paper for your nose? Or is toilet-paper tissues for your butt?

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