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- To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.
- Jacques Derrida (1930 - 2004)
- The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
- Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
- It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.
- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
- One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.
- Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919)
- It's a lot like nature. You only have as many animals as the ecosystem can support and you only have as many friends as you can tolerate the bitching of.
- Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 08-16-05
- The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.
- Esther Dyson, Interview in Time Magazine, October 2005
- A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.
- John Gaule
- Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly again.
- Mike Myers
- I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.
- Randall Jarrell (1914 - 1965)
- All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.
- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
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