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Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. (Friedrich von Schiller)

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. (Auric Goldfinger, in Goldfinger by Ian L. Fleming)

If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. (Carl Sagan)

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself. (Anais Nin)