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      “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
    
― Mrs. Goose, Her Book
  ― Mrs. Goose, Her Book
      “Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”
    
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      “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
    
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
  ― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
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