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January 17th, 2012
Only six people in the Galaxy knew that the job of the Galactic President was not to wield power but to attract attention away from it.
Douglas Adams,
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
(1979)
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September 19th, 2011
Those whom the Gods would destroy, they first call promising.
Cyril Connolly (1903 - 1974), Enemies of Promise (1938)
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June 18th, 2011
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.
Neil Gaiman,
Sandman
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