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Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Albert Einstein
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Give us the tools and we shall finish the job!
Winston Churchill

Give us the job and we shall finish the tools!
Worker's motto, Ostblock before 1989
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Theory of relativity? I dreamed it up while cycling!
A Einstein
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If cricket is too exciting for you, try watching chess
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It's the economy, stupid!
-PotUS Clinton

It's the digestion, stupid!
-brynpoeth
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When I feel queer, the digestion usually caused it: eating too late, not drinking enough for example
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Ladies prefer the simpler things: laddies, for example
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Wer das Nichtstun ebenso wie die Arbeit scheut, findet leicht zum Buch
Peter Brueckner

She who dislikes doing nothing and also dislikes working would enjoy reading a book
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Mike Sales wrote:
Cyril Haearn wrote:I wouldn't mind seeing China if I could come back the same day
Philip Larkin


Similar to Dr. Johnson.
BOSWELL. "Is not the Giant's-Causeway worth seeing?" JOHNSON. "Worth seeing, yes; but not worth going to see."

Obviously he had read the Michelin guides/maps
** worth a journey
* worth a detour
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That reminds me of an American I met in Paris:

'Once you've seen one French cathedral, you've seen em all'
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[Brailsford] has an impressive ability to reach into the toilet and pull out chocolate

Jonathan Vaughters/The Guardian
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Hi,
Cyril Haearn wrote:It's the economy, stupid!
-PotUS Clinton

It's the digestion, stupid!
-brynpoeth
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When I feel queer, the digestion usually caused it: eating too late, not drinking enough for example

Then do the opposite, I do :)
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Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
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Hi,

It can’t get any worse!

Frustration retort.
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Driving-of course, but it is far worse in an a***
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He that hingeth about, getteth her haw (nothing)
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