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I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
Terry Prachett
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This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.
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Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the night. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
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I have, before now, waited for a pen to perform a macro.
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My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them.
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Never trust any complicated cocktail that remainds perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.
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Go on, prove me wrong. Destroy the fabric of the universe. See if I care.
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I didn't go to university. Didn't even finish A-levels. But I have sympathy for those who did.
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Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent.
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You can't remember the plot of the Dr Who movie because it didn't have one, just a lot of plot holes strung together. It did have a lot of flashing lights, though.
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I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for telling one another when the best fruit is.
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'Educational' refers to the process, not the object. Although, come to think of it, some of my teachers could easily have been replaced by a cheeseburger.
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If it wasn't for the fun and money, I really don't know why I'd bother.
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Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: 'Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?'
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