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"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be, and
if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic!"
-- Lewis Carroll
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Convention is the ruler of all.
-- Pindar
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CONVERSATION:
A vocal competition in which the one who
is catching his breath is called the listener.
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Conversation enriches the understanding,
but solitude is the school of genius.
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Conway's Law:
In any organization there will always be one person who knows
what is going on.
This person must be fired.
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Cops never say good-bye. They're always hoping to see you again in the
line-up.
-- Raymond Chandler
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COPYING MACHINE:
A device that shreds paper, flashes mysteriously coded messages,
and makes duplicates for everyone in the office who isn't
interested in reading them.
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Coronation, n:
The ceremony of investing a sovereign with the outward and visible
signs of his divine right to be blown skyhigh with a dynamite bomb.
-- Ambrose Bierce
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Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
-- Goethe
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Correspondence Corollary:
An experiment may be considered a success if no more than half
your data must be discarded to obtain correspondence with your theory.
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