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“The question of where Europe ends and Asia begins has troubled many people over the years, but here's a rule of thumb: if someone can pose as an expert on the country in question without knowledge of the relevant language, it's part of Asia.”
B.R. Myers

“Kids: get away from the cell phones, get away from the computers, and mail someone a fish before it’s too late.”
Tom Magliozzi

James Howard Kunstler
“On my way out of [Atlantic City] at quarter after seven in the morning, a young pump jockey at the gas station [...] mentioned that another man had lost $20,000 at Trop World a few hours earlier and had to be dragged out of the casino kicking and screaming. I asked if this happened a lot. "Man," he said, "there's a whole world of losers out there, and sooner or later they all end up here. Only they don't think they're losers. When they find out, it's like the surprise of their life.”
James Howard Kunstler, The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape

“The regime's political strategy depends on planting landmines throughout society. But the mine doesn't explode if you place your leg on it - it explodes when you remove your leg from it. The regime planted the land mines, then placed our legs on them so that if the regime goes, society will explode.”
Anwar Al-Bunni

“Explaining basic probability to a group of people can be best qualified as futile.”
Dan Szymborski

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