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• Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes. -- Edgard Varese
• alk mode n. A feature supported by Unix, ITS, and some other OSes that allows two or more logged-in users to set up a real-time on-line conversation.
  It combines the immediacy of talking with all the precision (and verbosity) that written language entails....
• The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us. -- Ralph Waldo Emerso
• Christ: A man who was born at least 5,000 years ahead of his time.
• Tarmin: "It's been three centuries since we treated anyone for this.
  ..this form of rape. But there are medical records from that era....
• I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
  -- Orson Welle...