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Posthumous fame, book fame, nerd fame is not like the good kind of fame. It might last for centuries and let antique egg heads torture the young from the grave, but it just doesn't pay the bills.

— Laura Penny More Money than Brains (2010)

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Who teh heLL R u 2 tELL me what 2 reed or how 2 spel?

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Anyone taking classics or history for the prestige is either at Oxford or stuck in 1909.

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"You think you're so smart" is never a compliment; the only thing worse than being smart is thinking that you are.

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All we really need to do is learn 'em so they don't frig up the cash register or offend the customers.

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It's a shame that pantyless party girls get more attention than the real heroes, the nurses and teachers and moms.

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