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Nigel Cook
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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
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William Shakespeare,
As You Like It
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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.”
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Maurice Switzer,
Mrs. Goose, Her Book
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“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
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Thomas A. Edison
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“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
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Albert Einstein
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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
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Jim Henson
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“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
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Douglas Adams,
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
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