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The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.

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William Gibson

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What Is That Unforgettable Line?

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Samuel Beckett

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Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.

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Albert Einstein

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If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.

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Mark Twain

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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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Oscar Wilde

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Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.

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Mark Twain

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I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.

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Douglas Adams

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Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.

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George Carlin

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Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.

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George Carlin

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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

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Abraham Lincoln

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Autopsy on my psychosis

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Sam Harris

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В эпоху повсеместной победы дилетантизма всякое проявление высокого профессионализма выглядит архаичным и неправдоподобным.

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Александр

Ширвиндт

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Лучше быть хорошим человеком, ругающимся матом, чем тихой, воспитанной тварью

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Фаина Раневская

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Всё приятное в этом мире либо вредно, либо аморально, либо ведет к ожирению

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Фаина Раневская

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