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It always happens, but we never expect "the unexpected".
It always hearted me to know that the rocket (Atlas) I was riding upon was made by the lowest bidder.
-- John Glenn, paraphrased on his orbital flight in 1962....
It always helps to use the right tool for the job.
It always makes you feel a little uneasy when people start treating you with consideration and respect, because then you've got to wonder if they know something you don't know about your health.
It always takes longer than you think, even when you consider Hoffstadter's Law.
-- Hofstadter's Law -- Douglas R. Hofstadter, from "Goedel, Escher, Bach...
It always takes longer to get there than to get back. -- First Law of Travel
Italy, my Italy! Queen Mary's saying serves for me (When fortune's malice Lost her Calais)
"Open my heart, and you will see Graved inside of it 'Italy....
It [angling] deserves commendations;... it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man.
-- Izaak Walton (1593-1683) -- The Complete Angler, Part i, Chap. 1...
It appears Lt. Commander Worf is quite adamant about his solitude.
-- Data, "The Icarus Factor", stardate 42686.4...
It appears some British newspaper ran a contest to come up with a new name for the USSR.
One of the better entries was UFFR: Union of Fewer and Fewer Republics....

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