Randall Munroe Quotes

One of the nice things about the Internet is you can do a comic that's just for Ph.D. students, or for truck drivers, and you get to reach all of them without having to satisfy the other 99%.

Randall Munroe

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While it can be pleasurable to move speedily through a work of fiction, there's a different sort of pleasure to be had in lingering, backtracking, rereading the same page.

Joanna Scott

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Some years ago I gave a concert in the mountains with snow all around, and that was much colder.

Andrea Bocelli

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My only memories of school are of being beaten, of being hit in the playground, of masters poking their fingers in my chest all day.

Michael Gambon

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It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings.

Stephen Gardiner

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We tournament golfers are much overrated. We get paid to much.

Tom Watson

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Having a child is arguably the most important thing you do in life.

Robert Winston

LifeChildYouImportantMostThing

I behaved worse than anybody for 15 years, and you have to pay the price for that. I used to blame other people, then therapy made me realise I had to change.

Mickey Rourke

ChangePeopleMeBlameYouPrice

No one can avoid death; it is inevitable. Therefore, I should create in my mind a kind of willingness and accepting for that event without any fear.

Lobsang Tenzin

FearDeathMindCreateInevitable

Sadly, this is the same old Republican story of Robin Hood in reverse - tax cuts for the rich while programs for average and low income Americans suffer.

Jose Serrano

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When the U.S. claims the right to invade any country unilaterally and then defines a country like Iran or North Korea as 'evil,' then it is a rational response for these countries to develop nuclear weapons as the only military deterrent to invasion. We create what we most fear.

Dean Ornish

FearEvilCountryCreateRightOnly

I'm sure I could start a band tomorrow that would have different influences and would want to do something completely different than anything I've done.

Chris Cornell

TomorrowStartDoneWantBandSure

I like working with modern sounds in the studio as much as I'm happy to work with a basic rock n' roll format.

Chris Squire

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