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jackLatest entries in quotefile (either well known or personal):
1. Obituary game, French, James, 1966 "How about this for a headline? French fries." -- ???
2. Here's Dominique Bouhours, grammarian: "I am about to, or, I am going to die. Either expression is used."
3. "And one guy is more than 10x cheaper than ten, because (a) he won't waste any time in meetings, and (b) since he's probably a founder, he can pay himself nothing." -- Paul Graham
4. "Each deal has to be for multiple millions of dollars. It explains why [...] their due diligence feels like a body cavity search.And since most VCs aren't tech guys, the technology side of their due diligence tends to be like a body cavity search by someone with a faulty knowledge of human anatomy." -- Paul Graham
5. "The first discovery I'd like to present here is an algorithm for lazy evaluation of research papers. Just write whatever you want and don't cite any previous work, and indignant readers will send you references to all the papers you should have cited. I discovered this algorithm after ``A Plan for Spam'' [1] was on Slashdot." -- Paul Graham
6. "I don't know what it is that causes people to find disgusting things and then want to share them with other people, but..."-- Rory Blyth (and six fifths of everyone on the internet)
7. "Whatever his flaws, it can never be argued that George, in his tireless fight against evildoers and enemies of freedom, makes things seem more complicated than they are." -- Gene Weingarten'
8. "Your friend has no smell? How does he... wait, this won't work." -- Simon H.
9. "For a further description of the many ways in which BrikWars is not in any way connected with LEGO®, you are invited to read our lengthy legal disclaimer." -- BrikWars FAQ
10. "You're an internet denizen. What do you know about zoofile.com?" "I don't know. It sounds like a file sharing site." "Oh. Ah, no not 'f', 'ph'." "Wow! I didn't think there was any way you could make this conversation less worksafe, but that was an order of magnitude worse." -- Jack and Simon H.
1. Obituary game, French, James, 1966 "How about this for a headline? French fries." -- ???
2. Here's Dominique Bouhours, grammarian: "I am about to, or, I am going to die. Either expression is used."
3. "And one guy is more than 10x cheaper than ten, because (a) he won't waste any time in meetings, and (b) since he's probably a founder, he can pay himself nothing." -- Paul Graham
4. "Each deal has to be for multiple millions of dollars. It explains why [...] their due diligence feels like a body cavity search.And since most VCs aren't tech guys, the technology side of their due diligence tends to be like a body cavity search by someone with a faulty knowledge of human anatomy." -- Paul Graham
5. "The first discovery I'd like to present here is an algorithm for lazy evaluation of research papers. Just write whatever you want and don't cite any previous work, and indignant readers will send you references to all the papers you should have cited. I discovered this algorithm after ``A Plan for Spam'' [1] was on Slashdot." -- Paul Graham
6. "I don't know what it is that causes people to find disgusting things and then want to share them with other people, but..."-- Rory Blyth (and six fifths of everyone on the internet)
7. "Whatever his flaws, it can never be argued that George, in his tireless fight against evildoers and enemies of freedom, makes things seem more complicated than they are." -- Gene Weingarten'
8. "Your friend has no smell? How does he... wait, this won't work." -- Simon H.
9. "For a further description of the many ways in which BrikWars is not in any way connected with LEGO®, you are invited to read our lengthy legal disclaimer." -- BrikWars FAQ
10. "You're an internet denizen. What do you know about zoofile.com?" "I don't know. It sounds like a file sharing site." "Oh. Ah, no not 'f', 'ph'." "Wow! I didn't think there was any way you could make this conversation less worksafe, but that was an order of magnitude worse." -- Jack and Simon H.
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