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    Neal Stephenson
    “Unfortunately, this category of secret is itself so secret that it's very existance is secret, and he can't actually reveal it to anyone.”
    ― Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
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    Neal Stephenson
    “The sight of the bare katana inspires everyone to a practically Nipponese level of politeness”
    ― Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
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    Bryan Lee O'Malley
    “Kim: Hey... There's a guy over there with a samurai sword.
    Scott: Really? Like a katana or a wakizashi or both?”
    ― Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim, Volume 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Groucho Marx
    “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
    ― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
    tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor
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    Groucho Marx
    “Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: funny, innuendo
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    Neal Stephenson
    “The difference between stupid and intelligent people – and this is true whether or not they are well-educated – is that intelligent people can handle subtlety. ”
    ― Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
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    Neal Stephenson
    “Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be—or to be indistinguishable from—self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time.”
    ― Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
    tags: argument, trolls
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither
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    Groucho Marx
    “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: books, humor, reading, television
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    Groucho Marx
    “I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.”
    ― Groucho Marx, Groucho and Me
    tags: clique, clubs, humor, membership
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    Groucho Marx
    “I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.”
    ― Groucho Marx
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    Groucho Marx
    “I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: classic-insult
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    Groucho Marx
    “Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well I have others.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: humor
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    Groucho Marx
    “He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: gibe, insult
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    Groucho Marx
    “A child of five could understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: funny, simplicity
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    Groucho Marx
    “While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: money
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    Groucho Marx
    “If a black cat crosses your path, it signifies that the animal is going somewhere.”
    ― Groucho marx
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    Groucho Marx
    “I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally.”
    ― Groucho Marx
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    Neal Stephenson
    “She's a woman, you're a dude. You're not supposed to understand her. That's not what she's after.... She doesn't want you to understand her. She knows that's impossible. She just wants you to understand yourself. Everything else is negotiable.”
    ― Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
    tags: gender-stereotypes, inspirational, men-and-women, understanding, understanding-oneself-and-others
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    Neal Stephenson
    “Did you win your sword fight?"
    "Of course I won the fucking sword fight," Hiro says. "I'm the greatest sword fighter in the world."
    "And you wrote the software."
    "Yeah. That, too," Hiro says.”
    ― Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Winter is coming.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: forcasting, mottos, winter
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    Bryan Lee O'Malley
    “What kind of tea do you want?"
    "There´s more than one kind of tea?...What do you have?"
    "Let´s see... Blueberry, Raspberry, Ginseng, Sleepytime, Green Tea, Green Tea with Lemon, Green Tea with Lemon and Honey, Liver Disaster, Ginger with Honey, Ginger Without Honey, Vanilla Almond, White Truffle Coconut, Chamomile, Blueberry Chamomile, Decaf Vanilla Walnut, Constant Comment and Earl Grey."
    -"I.. Uh...What are you having?... Did you make some of those up?”
    ― Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
    tags: choices, tea
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    Bryan Lee O'Malley
    “Tell it to the cleaning lady on Monday. Because you'll be dust on Monday. Because I'll be pulverizing you sometime over the weekend. And the cleaning lady... cleans up... dust. She dusts. And she has weekends off, so... Monday. Right?”
    ― Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim, Volume 3: Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness
    tags: humor
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    Orson Scott Card
    “It's about me, or people wouldn't be so anxious to keep me from knowing about it. The absence of information is information. ~ Ender”
    ― Orson Scott Card, Ender in Exile
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    Orson Scott Card
    “My needs are simple and few, thought Valentine. Food. Clothing. A comfortable place to sleep. And no idiots.

    But of course a world with no idiots would be lonely. If she herself were even allowed there.”
    ― Orson Scott Card, Ender in Exile
    tags: idiots
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    Orson Scott Card
    “Nonsense," said Graff. "Ender always has plans within plans.”
    ― Orson Scott Card, Ender in Exile
    tags: ender, plans
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    Max Brooks
    “[...]you don’t have to be Sun freakin Tzu to know that real fighting isn’t about killing or even hurting the other guy, it’s about scaring him enough to call it a day.”
    ― Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
    tags: fear, fight, sun-tzu
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    Sun Tzu
    “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
    ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
    tags: strategy
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    Sun Tzu
    “The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.”
    ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
    tags: importance, safety, state, war
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