June 2012
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A recent survey has revealed that 80.5 percent of Oxford dons seek out the...
– Terence Benczik, A Possible Future for Computing Technology Colin Dexter, Death Is Now My Neighbor
May 2012
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There was a sign once that Slough Borough Council put up near one of the...
– Colin Dexter, Death Is Now My Neighbor
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You can’t get any movement larger than five people without including at...
– Kim Stanley Robinson, Green Mars
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…your insecurity is like a clever actor, it can mimic any emotion it...
– Will Self, Grey Area
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…it’s only a small step between the great and the small, the tender...
– Rachel Perez, Ilene Claire Baeder, La Domme
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April 2012
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The Net is a great source of headlines if you don’t care for accuracy.
– Johan Helsingius (anon.penet.fi) Jessie Scanlon, Wired, November 1996
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…When a guy [gynecologist] is good-looking, it’s a fine line between...
– Sparkle Hayter, Nice Girls Finish Last
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…it’s really awkward, even unnerving, when your gynecologist is...
– Sparkle Hayter, Nice Girls Finish Last
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I’m interested in alien philosophies,” Nikolai said. “The...
– Bruce Sterling, Crystal Express
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March 2012
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At work, I was constantly fending off comments by a particular copywriter.
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– Amy Alkon / Caroline Johnson / Marlow Minnick, Free Advice
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At work, I was constantly fending off comments by a particular copywriter.
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– Amy Alkon / Caroline Johnson / Marlow Minnick, Free Advice
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In his Bostan, Saadi of Shiraz stated an important truth when he told this...
– Idries Shah, Reflections James Burke / Robert Ornstein, The Axemaker’s Gift
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A consultant is a person who takes your money and annoys your employees while...
– Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle
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If a document is over two pages long, few people will ever read it. And those...
– Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle
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February 2012
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