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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.: Edmond de Goncourt (1822 - 1896)
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The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.: Peter De Vries

Results from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations:

If you were to go [to the Rijksmuseum], and hopefully someday you will, you would see a lot of paintings of dead people. You'd see Jesus on the cross, and you'd see a dude getting stabbed in the neck, and you'd see people dying at sea and in battle and a parade of martyrs. But Not. One. Single. Cancer. Kid. Nobody biting it from the plague or smallpox or yellow fever or whatever, because there is no glory in illness. There is no meaning to it. There is no honor in dying of.: John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
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Results from Classic Quotes:

Things that don't quite make sense can be our most valuable tools.: David Wilson, Director, the Museum of Jurassic Technology
A Children’s Museum, however, is more of a Funatorium. You are encouraged to touch things, which is poor training for subsequent museum visitation.: James Lileks, The Bleat, 03-20-2006
The home of a clergyman is constantly judged by its parishioners. If it is too large and richly decorated, it is the subject of jealousy. If it is too small and humble, it is the subject of scorn. If it is too clean and orderly, it is considered a museum where charity is untouched and kept in a box. If it is slovenly, it is the subject of disgust.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), The Secret Heart of Charlotte Lucas, 2014
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Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

Usenet is like Tetris for people who still remember how to read.: Button from the Computer Museum, Boston, MA
Usenet isn't a right. It's a right, a left, and a swift uppercut to the jaw.: Button from the Computer Museum, Boston, MA

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