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Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) by Linux fortune

Actor                        Real Name

Boris Karloff                William Henry Pratt
Cary Grant                Archibald Leach
Edward G. Robinson        Emmanual Goldenburg
Gene Wilder                Gerald Silberman
John Wayne                Marion Morrison
Kirk Douglas                Issur Danielovitch
Richard Burton                Richard Jenkins Jr.
Roy Rogers                Leonard Slye
Woody Allen                Allen Stewart Konigsberg
"Even if you want no state, or a minimal state, then you still have to
argue it point by point.  Especially since most minimalists want to
keep exactly the economic and police system that keeps them
privileged.  That's libertarians for you -- anarchists who want police
protection from their slaves!"
                -- Coyote, in Kim Stanley Robinson's "Green Mars"
The only person who always got his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe.
Whenever Richard Cory went downtown,
        We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
        Clean-favored, and imperially slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed,
        And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
        "Good morning," and he glittered when he walked.
And he was rich -- yes, richer than a king --
        And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
        To make us wish that we were in his place.
So on we worked, and waited for the light,
        And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
        Went home and put a bullet through his head.
                -- E.A. Robinson, "Richard Cory"
I do not care if half the league strikes.  Those who do will encounter
quick retribution.  All will be suspended, and I don't care if it wrecks
the National League for five years.  This is the United States of America
and one citizen has as much right to play as another.
                -- Ford Frick, National League President, reacting to a
                   threatened strike by some Cardinal players in 1947 if
                   Jackie Robinson took the field against St. Louis.  The
                   Cardinals backed down and played.
I'm going to live forever, or die trying!
                -- Spider Robinson
"Quite frankly, I don't like you humans.  After what you all have done,
I find being 'inhuman' a compliment."
                -- Spider Robinson, "Callahan's Secret"
I did it just to piss you off.  :-P
        -- Branden Robinson in a message to debian-devel
>   >I don't really regard bible-kjv-text as a technical document,
>   > but... :)

> It's a manual -- for living.

But it hasn't been updated in a long time, many would say that it's
sadly out of date, and the upstream maintainer doesn't respond to his
email.  :-)
        -- Branden Robinson, Oliver Elphick, and Chris Waters in a
           message to debian-policy
Change the Social Contract?  BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
        -- Branden Robinson
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