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In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
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31 Aug, 2009 - Douglas Adams
The Creation of the Universe
universe, creation
Contributor: Erum - added on 31 Aug, 2009
if you think about it, UPS and FedEx are doing just fine. It's the post office that's always having problems.
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11 Aug, 2009 - Television - Public Address
Health Care Reform
obama, health care, fedex, ups, town hall
Contributor: ali - added on 23 Aug, 2009
Hey, everybody gotta’ wear clothes and if you don’t you get arrested.
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01 Jan, 1984 - Be Somebody or Be Somebody's Fool (1984)
Clothes
clothes
Contributor: ali - added on 07 Sep, 2009
They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan.
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05 Oct, 2008 - Speaking at a fundraiser in San Francisco, Oct. 5, 2008
Afghan War
afgha, school, war, geography
Contributor: ali - added on 01 Sep, 2009
[T]hey're in charge of the U.S. Senate so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes that will make life better for Brandon and his family and his classroom.
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21 Oct, 2008 - Interview with NBC affiliate KUSA in Colorado, Oct. 21, 2008
Vice President
role, vice president
Contributor: ali - added on 01 Sep, 2009
The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he, by peddling second-rate technology, who led them into it in the first place.
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05 Sep, 2009 - The Guardian
Bill Gates
technology, chaos
Contributor: Erum - added on 05 Sep, 2009
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
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01 Jan, 1992 - Mostly Harmless
Foolproof Design
mistake, foolproof, ingenuity, fools
Contributor: Erum - added on 05 Sep, 2009
Sadar-e-Pakistan ka tayara hawa may "paat" gaya hai.
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19 Aug, 1988 - Public Address to the nation after the crash of Zia-ul-Haq's plane.
Zia-ul-Haq Plane Crash
zia-ul-haq, plane, crash
Contributor: atifzafar - added on 30 Aug, 2009
First name Mr, middle name 'period', last name T!
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16 Oct, 1982 - Silver Spoons (1982)
Spelling
Contributor: ali - added on 07 Sep, 2009
Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.
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02 Sep, 2009 - C. S. Lewis
Experience
Experience, Learn, Teachers
Contributor: Erum - added on 02 Sep, 2009
I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here
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13 Aug, 2002 - at the President’s Economic Forum in Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, 2002
George W. Bush
Contributor: atifzafar - added on 01 Sep, 2009
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
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31 Aug, 2009 - Douglas Adams
Deadlines
deadlines
Contributor: Erum - added on 31 Aug, 2009
The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.
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01 Jan, 1992 - Mostly Harmless
Possibilities
wrong, thing, possibility
Contributor: Erum - added on 31 Aug, 2009
We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease
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14 Jun, 2001 - stupid
George W. Bush
Contributor: atifzafar - added on 01 Sep, 2009
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.
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31 Aug, 2009 - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Bad News
Contributor: Erum - added on 31 Aug, 2009
Ohh, good, thank you, yes.
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01 Nov, 2008 - Hustler's "Nailin Paylin," Nov. 1, 2008 http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/sarahpalin/a/palin-prankcall.htm
Being Complimented
prank, sarah palin
Contributor: ali - added on 01 Sep, 2009
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
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31 Aug, 2009 - Douglas Adams
Time
Contributor: Erum - added on 31 Aug, 2009
All of 'em, any of 'em that have been in front of me over all these years.
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01 Oct, 2008 - Interview with Katie Couric, CBS News, Oct. 1, 2008
Reading
reading, sarah palin, magazine
Contributor: ali - added on 01 Sep, 2009
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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05 Sep, 2009 - Last Chance to See
Learning
ability, learn, learning, experience
Contributor: Erum - added on 05 Sep, 2009
There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
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31 Aug, 2009 - Douglas Adams
Universe
Contributor: Erum - added on 31 Aug, 2009
It is admirable for a man to take his son fishing, but there is a special place in heaven for the father who takes his daughter shopping.
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30 Nov, 1999 - A Good Father.
Fatherhood
Contributor: alisuleman - added on 01 Sep, 2009
There are two things in particular that it [the computer industry] failed to foresee: one was the coming of the Internet(...); the other was the fact that the century would end.
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05 Sep, 2009 - Salmon of Doubt
Computer Industry
internet, century, computer
Contributor: Erum - added on 05 Sep, 2009
Make no mistake about why these babies are here - they are here to replace us.
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01 Oct, 2007 - Seinfeld
Babies
Contributor: atifzafar - added on 01 Sep, 2009
I knew I was on to something because when I went to San Francisco to talk about it everyone said I was mad. So I thought, "Good, it means nobody else is doing it."
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05 Sep, 2009 - GamesMania Interview
Ideas
idea
Contributor: Erum - added on 05 Sep, 2009
I am so busy doing nothing... that the idea of doing anything - which as you know, always leads to something - cuts into the nothing and then forces me to have to drop everything
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01 Oct, 2007 - Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Contributor: atifzafar - added on 01 Sep, 2009
As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border.
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24 Sep, 2008 - Interview with Katie Couric Sept. 24 2008
Sarah Palin's Foreign Policy Experience
putin, foreign policy, katie couric, russia
Contributor: ali - added on 01 Sep, 2009
The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don't think of original ideas, and they don't bring much culture into their products.
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02 Sep, 1996 - Triumph of the Nerds (1996)
Microsoft
microsoft, apple, taste
Contributor: Erum - added on 02 Sep, 2009
No, I don't hate Balboa. I pity the fool.
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28 May, 1982 - Rocky III (1982)
Pity
pity, fool
Contributor: ali - added on 07 Sep, 2009
I think Pixar has the opportunity to be the next Disney — not replace Disney — but be the next Disney.
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23 Nov, 1998 - As quoted in BusinessWeek
Pixar
Pixar, Disney
Contributor: Erum - added on 02 Sep, 2009
As it is I went to lie in a field, along with my Hitch Hiker's Guide to Europe, and when the stars came out it occurred to me that if only someone would write a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as well, then I for one would be off like a shot. Having had this thought I promptly fell asleep and forgot about it for six years.
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05 Sep, 2009 - Introduction to The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
galaxy, guide, write
Contributor: Erum - added on 05 Sep, 2009
This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating
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23 Apr, 2002 - stupid
George W. Bush
Contributor: atifzafar - added on 01 Sep, 2009
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
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23 Apr, 1985 - Ronald Reagan
American President Quotes
Contributor: atifzafar - added on 02 Sep, 2009
No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.
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20 Apr, 1983 - Ronald Reagan
American President Quotes
Contributor: atifzafar - added on 02 Sep, 2009
Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.
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23 Apr, 1985 - Ronald Reagan
American President Quotes
Contributor: atifzafar - added on 02 Sep, 2009
It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.
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25 May, 1998 - As quoted in BusinessWeek
Focus Groups
design, focus group, products
Contributor: Erum - added on 02 Sep, 2009
A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it.
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24 Sep, 1990 - Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Contributor: atifzafar - added on 01 Sep, 2009
It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?
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20 Apr, 1983 - Ronald Reagan
American President Quotes
Contributor: atifzafar - added on 02 Sep, 2009
Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.
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01 Mar, 1983 - Ronald Reagan
American President Quotes
Contributor: atifzafar - added on 02 Sep, 2009
Men don't care what's on TV. They only care what else is on TV.
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01 Oct, 2007 - Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Contributor: atifzafar - added on 01 Sep, 2009
Why would I ever want to run Disney? Wouldn't it make more sense just to sell them Pixar and retire?
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23 Feb, 2004 - As Quoted in Fortune
Pixar
Pixar, Disney
Contributor: Erum - added on 02 Sep, 2009
I'm not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.
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20 Jan, 1986 - Ronald Reagan
American President Quotes
Contributor: atifzafar - added on 02 Sep, 2009
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