Quote #89

Just because we're adults doesn't automatically mean we can save you...

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  1. God's not here. Somebody's got to fill in.
  2. If you ever have to make a choice between learning and inspiration, choose learning. It works more of the time.
  3. Those who can, do; those who can't, teach. And those who can't teach, go into administration.
  4. It's an ancient and honorable term for the final step in any engineering project. Turn it on, see if it smokes.
  5. There is a very ancient rule of thumb that states, people tend to get promoted to the level of their incompetence.
  6. His mother had often said, When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. She had emphasized the corollary of this …
  7. There are always survivors at a massacre. Among the victors, if nowhere else.
  8. How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?

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