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My girlfriend always laughs during sex — no matter what she's reading.

— Steve Jobs Misattributed

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This has appeared rather prominently on the internet, usually without indications of a source, and is often attributed to Jobs, but it was actually part of the comedy routines of Emo Philips, who used "giggles" rather than "laughs" on his comedy album Emo.

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