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“There are only two industries that r...

“There are only two industries that refer to their customers as 'users': illegal drugs and software. " — Edward Tufte
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“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reali...

“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.” ~ Albert Einstein
📅︎ Dec 19
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“I don't know; every man has his breaking point.” :...

“I don't know; every man has his breaking point.” : Red ( referring to the possibility of his friend Andy committing suicide in movie 'The Shawshank Redemption')
📅︎ Jan 14
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I was wondering if I could receive help in finding a specific quote? The one I'm referring to cov...

I was wondering if I could receive help in finding a specific quote? The one I'm referring to covers hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic, ending with the statement that a German man had enough in his savings to purchase a train ticket home and a length of rope to hang himself. Could anybody help?
📅︎ Jan 07
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The past is a pla...

The past is a place of reference, not residence-Anonymous
📅︎ Dec 03
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“In Mexico, if you have a problem & you call ...

“In Mexico, if you have a problem & you call the police, you now have two problems.” - unknown Mexican saying in reference to extreme police corruption
📅︎ Oct 22
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“The most interesting...

“The most interesting quotes are those with a circular reference”, Me
📅︎ Dec 02
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"Technically I was conceived the way most of you would have been - parents fighting, getti...

"Technically I was conceived the way most of you would have been - parents fighting, getting drunk and fucking and fighting again and neither ever claiming any recollection of the event or ascribing any particular great reference to it." - C.Albuquerque ("The Sundial Salesman")
📅︎ Aug 01
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“Die to the past every moment. You don’t need it. Only refer to it ...

“Die to the past every moment. You don’t need it. Only refer to it when it is absolutely relevant to the present. Feel the power of this moment and the fullness of Being. Feel your presence.” - Eckhart Tolle
📅︎ Oct 29
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"Artificial general intelligences should be humanized and assigned a gender. Referring to 'i...

"Artificial general intelligences should be humanized and assigned a gender. Referring to 'it' as 'he' or 'she' instead would serve to make them and their decisions more 'realistic' in the public imagination, and thus more terrifying. We should all be terrified of AI." - Ravi Silari
📅︎ Jun 13
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“The past is a place of reference, not a place of ...

“The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
📅︎ May 04
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People will belittle you, laugh at you, try their every trick to stop yo...

People will belittle you, laugh at you, try their every trick to stop you. But the same people will admire you, follow you, refer you as an example, when you will be successful. So don't worry. People change where convenient
📅︎ Apr 06
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"One cannot use an evil a...

"One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention." -Thomas Aquinas
📅︎ Feb 02
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"Have you noticed how capitalists tend to refer to 'the market' as some nebulo...

"Have you noticed how capitalists tend to refer to 'the market' as some nebulous force that can't be understood or constrained? Do you want your captain to romanticize getting lost in an ocean that doesn't have to exist?" ~ Uncle Nickelbags
📅︎ Nov 09
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"We are forced to choose among the elements of human nature [that we want...

"We are forced to choose among the elements of human nature [that we want to embrace] by reference to value systems which these same elements created in an evolutionary age now long vanished." - Edward Wilson, On Human Nature
📅︎ Sep 18
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"There exists something so vast and so empty that we refer ...

"There exists something so vast and so empty that we refer to it simply as space." -Please help me source this quote, I can't find the original speaker. (Quote is probably not exact).
📅︎ May 09
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"I want to scream sometimes, because I hate when people refer to a ...

"I want to scream sometimes, because I hate when people refer to a dead person as the “late” so and so. I’m sorry to break that bad news, but that person isn’t just late—they’re not even coming!” -Jarod Kintz
📅︎ Apr 13
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“Check yourself. Check your references. Check your claims. Allow all those checks to be cashed i...

“Check yourself. Check your references. Check your claims. Allow all those checks to be cashed in truth. Bad results from those bad checks highlighting overdrawn, unsubstantiated and unproven hype will keep you in a negative balance with your reputation and financial situation.” - Loren Weisman
📅︎ Nov 15
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"You can't keep the birds from flying overhead, but you c...

"You can't keep the birds from flying overhead, but you can keep them from building nests in your hair." -- Martin Luther, in reference to anxious and counter-productive thoughts.
📅︎ Oct 04
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"Quote me as saying that that Imperial bastard will never set foot in Louisiana, and that when I...

"Quote me as saying that that Imperial bastard will never set foot in Louisiana, and that when I call him a sonofabitch I am not using profanity, but am referring to the circumstances of his birth." --Governor of Louisiana Huey Long, when the head of the KKK threatened to campaign in his state.
📅︎ Sep 22
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"Perhaps maybe people would be more for preventing Global Warming if we...

"Perhaps maybe people would be more for preventing Global Warming if we referred to it as 'Taking a Stand for Preserving Traditional Sea Levels'" -- Jon Stewart (6/25/15), exposing a contradictory and pandering Jeb Bush
📅︎ Jun 26
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“A ship is referred to as she because...

“A ship is referred to as she because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder” — Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz
📅︎ Jun 19
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"We seem to anxious to embrace things said by people we ha...

"We seem to anxious to embrace things said by people we have never met, instead of listening to the sayings of those who are closest to us" - A friend in reference to this subreddit
📅︎ Apr 27
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Mahabharata says Karna was not born out of his mother's womb. This means people then were awa...

Mahabharata says Karna was not born out of his mother's womb. This means people then were aware of genetic science. There must have been a plastic surgeon who fixed an elephant's head on Ganesha - Narendra Modi (Indian PM) referring to the advances India had made in times of Mahabharata
📅︎ Oct 27
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"If I've ever referred to you as ...

"If I've ever referred to you as royalty, it's not a good thing. It means you're a royal pain in the ass"
📅︎ Jun 03
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