# Signature file for signify.
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Ume itirin
Itirin dakeno
atatakasa
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Down that path lies madness. On the other hand, 
the road to hell is paved with melting snowballs. 
  -- Larry Wall
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Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. 
The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.
  -- William E. Gladstone
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I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed. 
  -- Mohandas Gandhi
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As a rule, the mind, residing in a body that has become weakened by pampering, 
is also weak, and where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul. 
  -- Mohandas Gandhi
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We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; 
our planet is the mental institution of the universe. 
  -- Johann W. Goethe
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The danger of the past was that men became slaves. 
The danger of the future is that man may become robots. 
  -- Erich Fromm
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Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience. 
  -- George-Louis de Buffon
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If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, 
we would be so simple that we couldn't. 
  -- Emerson M. Pugh
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Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. 
But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because 
we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer. 
  -- Shunryu Suzuki
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It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. 
It is in fact true. It's called living. 
  -- Terry Pratchett
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Never build a dungeon you wouldn't be happy to spend the night in yourself.
The world would be a happier place if more people remembered that. 
  -- Terry Pratchett
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Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness. 
  -- Terry Pratchett
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They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, 
but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Hi no Haru wo
sasugani Turu no
Ayumi kana
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An ancient proverb summed it up:
when a wizard is tired of looking for broken glass in his dinner,
it ran, he is tired of life. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped.
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Natukusa ya
Tuwamonodomo ga
Yume no ato
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Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
But we never will.
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I used to think that I was stupid, and then I met philosophers. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Araumi ya
Sado ni yokotahu
Amanokawa
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I wrote that in the days when I thought fantasy was all battles and kings.
Now I'm more inclined to think that the real concerns of fantasy
ought to be about not having battles and doing without kings. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Samidare wo
atsumete hayashi
Mogami-gawa
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Many an ancient lord's last words have been,
"You can't kill me because I've got magic aaargh." 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops
during thunderstorms in wet copper armour shouting
"All the Gods are bastards." 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Shizukasa ya
Iwa ni simiiru
Semi no koe
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Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day.
Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Akikaze ya
Seiryou-ji
Ima mon wo tozu
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Program aborting:
Close all that you have worked on.
You ask far too much.
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white pigeon or three normal-sized billiard balls. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the 
great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being 
fundamentally good or fundamentally evil,<nl>but by people being fundamentally people. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Death was Nature's way of telling you to slow down. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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One of the universal rules of happiness is:
always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
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Education is a sexual disease,
IT makes you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you have the urge to pass it on. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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"I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly 
makes living worth while?" Death thought about it "Cats," he said eventually, 
"Cats are Nice". 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.
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The Tao that is seen
Is not the true Tao until
You bring fresh toner.
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Aki hukaki
Tonari wa nani wo
suru hito zo
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In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Ajisai no
sue hitoiro to
narinikeri
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Negi koute,
Kareki no naka wo
kaeri keri
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In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods;
they have not forgotten this. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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He moved in a way that suggested he was attempting the 
world speed record for the nonchalant walk. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Genius is always allowed some leeway,
once the hammer has been pried from its hands 
and the blood has been cleaned up. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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First snow, then silence.
This thousand-dollar screen dies
So beautifully.
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Shinshu no
Susuki ni hashiru
Nami no Kage
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Genius is always allowed some leeway,
once the hammer has been pried from its hands 
and the blood has been cleaned up. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong.
No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has 
always got there first, and is waiting for it. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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The universe, they said,depended for its operation on the balance 
of four forces which they identified as charm, persuasion, uncertainty 
and bloody-mindedness. 
    -- Terry Prattchett
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Tsuki tennsinn
mazushiki machi wo
toorikeri
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Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.
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A Thaum is the basic unit of magical strength.
It has been universally established as the amount of magic
needed to create one small
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Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind.
It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.
Of course, I could be wrong. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise.
I mean, all you could do is give them a meaningful look. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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The trouble with having an open mind, of course,
is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.
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Takotsubo ya
hakanaki yume wo
Natsu no Tuki
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You step in the stream,
But the water has moved on.
This page is not here.
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The truth may be out there,
but lies are inside your head. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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The Web site you seek
Cannot be located, but
Countless more exist.
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Hana no kumo
Kane wa Ueno ka
Asakusa ka
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The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short,
and the pen is very sharp. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.
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Your file was so big.
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
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With searching comes loss
And the presence of absence:
"My Novel" not found.
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Rincewind formed a mental picture of some strange entity 
living in a castle made of teeth. It was the kind of mental 
picture you tried to forget. Unsuccessfully. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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Kore ga maa
Tuino Sumika ka
Yuki go-shaku
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Natsu-kawa wo
kosu ureshisayo
Te ni zouri
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Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank....
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A crash reduces
Your expensive computer
To a simple stone.
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Only in our dreams are we free. 
The rest of the time we need wages. 
    -- Terry Pratchett
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They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing,
but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. 
    -- Terry Prattchet
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