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That was the very centre of his genius - he invented things that anyone could have thought of, and men who can invent things that anyone could have thought of are very rare men.
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I should have learned this, she thought. I wanted to learn fire, and pain, but I should have learned people.
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Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon...
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Everyone's heard of Erwin Schrodinger's famous thought experiment. You put a cat in a box with a bottle of poison, which many people would suggest is about as far as you need to go.
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Colon thought Carrot was simple. Carrot often struck people as simple. And he was. Where people went wrong was thinking that simple meant the same thing as stupid.
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And all the stories had, somewhere, the witch. The wicked old witch. And Tiffany had thought: Where's the evidence?
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I always thought Detritus would be good at: "I bet you're wondrin' how many time I fired dis crossbow—"
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These people were not only cheering, they were throwing flowers and hats. The hats were made of stone, but the thought was there.
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I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.
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One minute I'm just another rabbit and happy about it, next minute *whazaam*, I'm thinking. That's a major drawback if you're looking for happiness as a rabbit, let me tell you. You want grass and sex, not thoughts like 'What's it all about, when you get right down to it?'
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Up until now I'd always thought RSI meant 'I hate my damn job'.
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Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber.
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Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
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Born:
April 28, 1948
Died:
March 12, 2015
(aged 66)
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