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1059 lines
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Collection of One-Liners
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Programmers get overlaid.
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People with narrow minds usually have broad
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tongues.
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If practice makes perfect, and nobody's
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perfect, why practice?
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He who laughs last didn't get the joke.
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Digital circuits are made from analog parts.
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He who hesitates is last.
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A man's house is his hassle.
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A chicken is an egg's way of producing more
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eggs.
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Charlie was a chemist, but Charlie is no more.
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What Charlie thought was H2O was H2SO4.
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Reality is for people who can't face science
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fiction.
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Shift to the left, shift to the right, mask in,
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mask out,
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BYTE, BYTE, BYTE !!!
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Wernher von
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Braun settled
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for a V-2 when
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he coulda had
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a V-8.
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A mouse is an
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elephant built
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by the
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Japanese.
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Go climb a
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gravity well.
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A man's best
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friend is his
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dogma.
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A penny saved
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is ridiculous.
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Health is
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merely the
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slowest
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possible rate
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at which one
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can die.
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Every
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interesting
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program has at
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least one
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variable, one
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branch,
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and one
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loop..........
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And at least
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one bug!
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No problem is
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so formidable
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that you can't
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just walk away
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from it.
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Chemistry
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professors
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never die,
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they just
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smell that way!
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The problem
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with the gene
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pool is that
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there is no
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lifeguard.
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Schizophrenia
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beats being
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alone.
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To err is
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human, to
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forgive is
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against
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company policy.
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Jesus Saves
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Vishnu
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invests.
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If you have
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nothing to do,
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don't do it
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here.
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Old musicians
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never die,
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they just
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decompose.
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We have a
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equal
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opportunity
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Calculus class
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-- it's fully
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integrated.
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Never play
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leapfrog with
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a unicorn!
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Atheism is a
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non-prophet
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organization.
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An elephant is
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a mouse built
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to Mil-spec.
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He who always
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plows a
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straight
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furrow is in a
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rut.
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When you're up
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to your hips
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in alligators,
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You forget
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the original
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project was to
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drain the
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swamp.
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Everyone is
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entitled to my
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opinion.
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Help stamp out
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and abolish
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redundancy!
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Be a better
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psychiatrist
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and the world
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will beat
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a psychopath
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to your door.
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He who steps
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on others to
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reach the top
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has good
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balance.
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You scratch my
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tape, and I'll
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scratch yours.
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May all your
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PUSHes be
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POPed.
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COLE's LAW -
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Thinly sliced
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cabbage.
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Do married
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women make the
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best wives?
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Three can keep
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a secret, if
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two are dead.
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Morfy's law -
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Enythink thit
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ken go rong
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willl.
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Then there was
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the Formosan
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bartender
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named Taiwan-
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On.
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He who laughs
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last is
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probably your
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boss.
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Orcs really
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aren't so bad
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(if you use
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lots
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of
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catsp)
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.
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It
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is
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hard
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to
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fly with
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the eagls
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When
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you work
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with
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the
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turkys.
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Basi
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is
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a
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high
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leve
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langish.
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Pruns
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give
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you a
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run for your
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mone.
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Eat prun
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yogut
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for that
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"get
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up
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and go" feelng.
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More
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peope
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have
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died
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in
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Tedd
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Kenndy's
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car than
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in
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nuclar
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powe
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plans.
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Teacers
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have
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clas.
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Foun
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on
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a
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door
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in
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the MSU musi
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builing:
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This
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door
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is
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barouen,
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pleae
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wigge
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Handl.
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(If I wiggle Handel, will it wiggle Bach?)
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Physicists get hadrons.
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Female programmers get their bits twiddled.
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Constants aren't; variables don't.
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You ain't learning nothing when you're talking.
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Chemistry professors never die, they just fail to react.
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Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives.
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Depart in pieces.... i.e., Split.
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Next time, give "the gift that keeps on giving": a female kitten.
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Mobius strippers never show you their back side.
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Where there's a will, there's an inheritance tax.
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Computer programmers never die, they just get lost in the processing.
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On the wall of the women's restroom on the Enterprise:
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"Where no man has gone before"
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Celibacy is NOT hereditary.
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On a clear disk you can seek forever.
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Programming Department: Mistakes made while you wait.
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Entropy isn't what it used to be.
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Neuroses are red,
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Melancholia's blue.
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I'm schizophrenic,
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What are you?
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Keep your mouth shut and people will think you stupid;
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Open it and you remove all doubt.
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Grass is nature's way of saying "High!"
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Acid consumes 47 times its weight in excess reality.
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Money is the root of all wealth.
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Disco is to music what Etch-A-Sketch is to art.
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Remember, the fact that you're paranoid
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doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you!
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Men have many faults,
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Women only two:
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Everything they say,
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And everything they do!
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Happiness is twin floppies.
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Happiness is a hard disk.
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Teamwork is vital!
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(It gives you someone to blame.)
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Keep America Beautiful.... emigrate.
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If all men were brothers,
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would you let one marry your sister?
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Chemists really know their bismuth.
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If everything is coming your way,
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you're in the wrong lane!
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The expert is a person who avoids the small errors as he
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sweeps on to the grand fallacy.
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Documentation is the castor oil of programming ...
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Managers know it must be good because the programmers
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hate it so much.
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The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its
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capacity - the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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The bearing of a child takes nine months,
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no matter how many women are assigned to the project.
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The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
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Eschew Obfuscation!
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Are movies about Vulcans Pathe-logical?
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Recursive, adj.; see Recursive
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An expert is someone from out of town.
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Meekness is uncommon patience in planning a worthwhile revenge.
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Poverty begins at home.
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Do it today,
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Tomorrow it will be illegal.
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Postmen never die,
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they just lose their zip.
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Rubber bands have snappy endings!
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COBOL programs are an exercise in Artificial Inelegance.
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An idle mind is worth two in the bush.
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It's hard to be humble when you're perfect.
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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An atheist is a man with no invisible means of support.
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Whom computers would destroy,
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they must first drive insane.
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It's better to copulate than never!
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A zygote is a gamete's way of producing more gametes.
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Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human.
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Clones are people two.
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Microwaves frizz your heir.
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God did not create the world in seven days.
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He partied for six and then pulled an all-nighter.
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When taxes are due, Americans tend to feel quite bled-white and blue.
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To make tax forms true they should read "Income Owed Us" and
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Incommode You".
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Whatever you say about pornography, sex is here to stray.
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We all like praise, but a hike in our pay is the best kind of ways.
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Massachusetts has the best politicians money can buy!
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Going the speed of light is bad for your age.
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White dwarf seeks red giant for binary relationship.
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Time is just nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.
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There's no future in time travel.
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Cloning is the sincerest form of flattery.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they have.
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Confucious say too damn much!
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Reality does not exist - yet.
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Sentient plasmoids are a gas.
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Never hit a man with glasses; hit him with your fist.
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Never leave anything to chance;
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make sure all your crimes are premeditated.
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Small programs are for small minds.
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I BM. You BM.e all BM for IBM!
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Satyrs
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have
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more
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faun.
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Cobol
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programmers
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are
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down
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in
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the
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dumps.
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Lawyers
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do
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it
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in
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their
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briefs.
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Two
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can
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live
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as
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cheaply
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as
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one,
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for
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half
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as
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long.
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Things
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worth
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having
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are
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worth
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cheating
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for.
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Psychiatrists
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stay
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on
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your
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mind.
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Mrs.
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Ghandi
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is
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in
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a
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sari
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state.
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Raise
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ducks
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for
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quack
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profit.
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Part-
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time
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musicians
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are
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semiconductor.
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It
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is
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impossible
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to
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make
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anything
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foolproof
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because
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fools
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are
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so
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ingenious.
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Interchangeabe
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parts
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won't.
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A
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conclusion
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is
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simply
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the
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place
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where
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you
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got
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tired
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of
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thinking.
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In
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which
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level
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of
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metalanguage are
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you
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now
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speaking?
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Counting
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in
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octal
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is
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just
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like
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counting
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in
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decimal,
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if
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you
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don't
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use
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your
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thumbs.
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Counting
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in
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binary
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is
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just
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like
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counting
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in
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decimal,
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if
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you
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are
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all
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thumbs.
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We
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don't
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really
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understand
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it,
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so
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we'll
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give
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it
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to
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the
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programmers.
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Confession
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is
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good
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for
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the
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soul,
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but
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bad
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for
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your
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career.
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The
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concept
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seems
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to
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be
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clear
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by
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now.
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It
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has
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been
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defined
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several
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times
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by
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example
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of
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what
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it
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is
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not.
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APL
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is
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a
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write
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only
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language:
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You
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can
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write
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programs
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in
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it;
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but
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try
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and
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read
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them!
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Wisdom
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is
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knowing
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what
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to
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do
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with
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what
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you
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know.
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Never
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put
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off
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'til
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tomorrow
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what
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you
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can
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avoid
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altogether.
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He
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who
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puts
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his
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nose
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to
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the
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grindstone
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is
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a
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bloody
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fool.
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The
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devil
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finds
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work
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for
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idle
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glands.
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A
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friend
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in
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need
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is
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a
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pest
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indeed.
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Genius
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is
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ten
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percent
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inspiration
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and
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fifty
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percent
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capital
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gains.
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He
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who
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trains
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his
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tongue
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to
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quote
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the
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learned
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sages
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will
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be
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known,
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far
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and
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wide,
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as
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a
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smart-
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ass.
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Two
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is
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company,
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three
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is
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an
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orgy.
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He
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who
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uses
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bad
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language
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is
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an
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ignorant
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schmuck.
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Women
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should
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be
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obscene
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and
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not
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heard.
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Do
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unto
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others
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before
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they
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undo
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you.
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Love
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thy
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neighbor,
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but
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make
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sure
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her
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husband
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is
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away
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first!
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Money
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is
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the
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root
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of
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all
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evil,
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and
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man
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needs
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roots.
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The
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best
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things
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in
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life
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are
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for
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a
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fee.
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He
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who
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is
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flogged
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by
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fate
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and
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laughs
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the
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louder
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is
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a
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masochist.
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If
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all
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the
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girls
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at
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Vassar
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were
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laid
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end
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to
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end
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I
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wouldn't
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be
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suprised!
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Pilots
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are
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just
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plane
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folks.
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Carpenters
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are
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just
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plane
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folks.
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Midwest
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farmers
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are
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just
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plain
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folks.
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Musicians are just playin' folks.
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Whodunit readers are just Spillaine folks.
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Some Londoners are just P. Lane folks.
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You can fool some of the people all of the time,
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and all of the people some of the time,
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but you can make a fool of yourself anytime.
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Let us remember that ours is a nation of lawyers and order.
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Laugh and the world thinks you're an idiot.
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Be alert, America needs more lerts.
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Joseph Stalin's grave was a Communist Plot.
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No amount of careful planning will ever replace dumb luck.
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Winning isn't everything, but then losing is nothing.
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Engineers do it precisely. Technicians do it a lot.
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Computer Engineers do it bit by bit.
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If I want your opinion, I'll ask you to fill out the necessary form.
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To every rule there is an exception, and vice versa.
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Remember, the paper is always strongest at the perforations.
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A closed mouth gathers no feet.
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Smile! It makes people wonder what you've been up to.
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Smile! Things can only get worse.
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After all is said and done, usually more is said than done.
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All requests for sick leave must be approved two weeks in advance.
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There are two kinds of people in this world:
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Those that want to BE something,
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and those that want to DO something.
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(There is less competition in the second category.)
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Vice Versa - poems about brothels?
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Give a woman an inch and she'll park a car in it.
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Give a speculator an inch and he'll build a condo.
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Call the Visionary's Hide-Away! ({->
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