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-- readingthepaper
--APPETIZERS

-When faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then look at it again.

— Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, 1966
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-Nothing uses up alcohol faster than political argument.

— Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, 1966
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-He’s dead, Jim.

— Dr. McCoy, first time said, in Star Trek episode “The Enemy Within,” 1966
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-'Never trust a species that grins all the time. It’s up to something.'

— Terry Pratchett [on dolphins], Pyramids, 1989
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'The researches of many commentators have already thrown much darkness on this subject, and it is probable that, if they continue, we shall soon know nothing at all about it.'
— Mark Twain, quoted in
The Sciences, Sept.-Oct. 1989
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-The trouble with borrowing money from China is that thirty minutes later you feel broke again.

--Steve Bridges (as Barack Obama)
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-Reality is what doesn't go away when you stop believing in it.

--Philip K. Dick 1928-1982
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-Depend on the rabbits foot if you wish, but remember that it didn't work for the rabbit.

--R.E. Shay
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-In a country where the sole employer is the State, opposition means death by slow starvation. The old principle: who does not work shall not eat, has been replaced by a new one: who does not obey shall not eat.

--Leon Trotsky (1937)
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-- deepconsideration
-You may think you're paranoid, but are you paranoid ENOUGH?
--Pat Cardigan, Fool to Believe (1990)