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• We're going to assume a few things about reality. One, it exists.
  That's not a necessary assumption, but I find it comforting....
• You watch a talk show recently? They're doing one next month on a normal, happy heterosexual couple, assuming they can find one.
  -- Professor Ralph Noble, RPI, Psychology of Motivation, Fall 1991...
• No beer? I think that comes under 'sick and in pain.
  '" -- Professor Ralph Noble, RPI, Psychology of Motivation, Fall 1991...
• The only sense I can make out of having kids is it's a good way to become a grandparent.
  -- Professor Ralph Noble, RPI, Psychology of Motivation, Fall 1991...
• As you approach 4.0, study time approaches infinity.
  -- Professor Ralph Noble, RPI, Psychology of Motivation, Fall 1991...
• Usually shooting a professor in the head ticks them off, but sometimes they'll say 'Thank you.
  ' -- Professor Ralph Noble, RPI, Psychology of Motivation, Fall 1991...
• In the spirit of today, when I'm handing out the exams, we're going to further examine the totally suffering individual.
  -- Professor Ralph Noble, RPI, Psychology of Motivation, Fall 1991...
• As undergraduates, you realize that cleaning is very cost-ineffective, and why would you bother?
  -- Professor Ralph Noble, RPI, Psychology of Motivation, Fall 1991...
• If money stopped buying things, I'd lose interest in it.
  -- Professor Ralph Noble, RPI, Psychology of Motivation, Fall 1991...