October 2011
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“Sometimes I believe in God, sometimes I don’t. I think it’s 50-50...”
– Steve Jobs, as described by Walter Isaacson, on death.
July 2011
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“You call it murder. I call it the market regulating the brother supply.”
– Wyatt Cenac, on Cain murdering Abel
May 2011
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“When asked why she had never been identified or mentioned before, Vietor...”
– Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for the NSC, on the “mystery woman” Audrey Tomason in the situation room photo of the president during the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound
April 2011
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fan•boy |ˈfanˌboi|
marco:
noun
informal derogatory: a term used to describe people who bought a product that competes with the one you bought, which is probably more popular than your choice, for reasons that you wish to discredit or diminish because you’re secretly afraid or upset that you made the wrong choice.
ORIGIN from fan + boy.
“There are not, despite my pretensions otherwise, many things I know in this...”
– Jean Paul Zodeaux, “God is Not Tinkerbell”, on whether God’s existence is predicated upon belief
March 2011
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“Pivot is start-up talk for try to make something that’s at least a little less...”
– Mike Taylor, “Hashable is Worthless,” Betabeat
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“Here’s a simple test: if you have to copy features from a competitor, you’re not...”
– MG Siegler, “The App Wall,” TechCrunch
February 2011
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January 2011
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December 2010
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“God is the only comfort, He is also the supreme terror: the thing we most need...”
– C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
“Show me someone who likes their meat overcooked and I will show you a picky...”
– Jay Rayner, “A well-done steak isn’t a food choice: it’s a crime,” The Observer (Dec. 12, 2010). (via nbr)
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“To deny or arbitrarily restrict [religious] freedom is to foster a reductive...”
– Pope Benedict, in Message for the World Day of Peace, Jan 1, 2011
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“So examining this man—for I need not call him by name, but it was one of the...”
– Plato, Apology, 21c-d
November 2010
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October 2010
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September 2010
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August 2010
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“Google wrote: MYTH: Two corporations are legislating the future of the...”
– Kara Swisher, Decoding Google’s Net Neutrality Proposal Blog: The Pixie Dust-Free Edition!
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July 2010
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June 2010
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“Many who live deserve death, and many who die deserve life, can you give it to...”
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Book IV, Chapter I), in light of his grandson’s staunch support of the death penalty
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Daring Fireball: I'll Tell You What's Fair →
parislemon:
Now that DF has achieved a modicum of popularity, however, what I tend to get instead aren’t queries or complaints about the lack of comments, but rather demands that I add them — demands from entitled people who see that I’ve built something very nice that draws much attention, and who believe they have a right to share in it.
They don’t.
I love this. My view on comments has...
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Calvin Minus Hobbes
jeffsocean:
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“Movies are good or bad because of execution, not concept. Even outside of the...”
– Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, on whether creating a Dilbert movie is a “good idea”