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A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery...
A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those that are worth committing.
-- Samuel Butle...
A sine curve goes off to infinity or at least the end of the blackboard -- Prof. Steine
A solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity.
-- Mark Twai...
A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows. -- O'Henry
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.
-- Daniel Webste...
A student who changes the course of history is probably taking an exam.
A student, in hopes of understanding the Lambda-nature, came to Greenblatt.
As they spoke a Multics system hacker walked by....
A successful [software] tool is one that was used to do something undreamed of by its author.
-- S. C. Johnso...

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