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This page was initially posted shortly after MIT debuted https://wikis.mit.edu
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We have discovered that we very rarely make sense. Almost never. It begins to seem that making sense is a skill not unlike the playing of the violin. It can, of course, be done, but no one simply falls into the habit of playing the violin. Even those who can do it, do it only by deliberate design. They don't just find themselves doing it without having intended to. It requires some special focusing, some stern singleness of purpose. - The Underground Grammarian
"I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence? - R.I.P. George Carlin
Le désir de l'ordre est en même temps désir de mort, parce que la vie est perpétuelle violation de l'ordre. - Milan Kundera (source and context at http://www.gilles-jobin.org/citations/?P=k&au=203)
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