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fortune quotes

Published 2021-01-04

Naïm has a nice gitconfig alias that they use for all their dotfiles repo commits:

[alias]
    cf = !git commit -m \"$(fortune -sn 60)\"

Sometimes nice stuff comes out, sometimes not so nice stuff comes out. This page will be a random 50 fortune quotes (called with the same args) each time the site is generated:

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The only constant is change.

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We are not a clone.

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Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.

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You will live to see your grandchildren.

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Great acts are made up of small deeds.

– Lao Tsu

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Love means having to say you’re sorry every five minutes.

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we:

The single most important word in the world.

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Why do we have two eyes? To watch 3-D movies with.

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You can never do just one thing.

– Hardin

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Whoever would lie usefully should lie seldom.

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prairies, n.:

Vast plains covered by treeless forests.

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Please come again.

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I’ve noticed several design suggestions in your code.

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Many are called, few volunteer.

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Line Printer paper is strongest at the perforations.

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You are in a maze of little twisting passages, all alike.

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Every time I lose weight, it finds me again!

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Today is the first day of the rest of the mess.

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Life is NP-hard, and then you die.

– Dave Cock

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I’d rather be led to hell than managed to heaven.

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Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.

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It is much harder to find a job than to keep one.

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Let me do my TRIBUTE to FISHNET STOCKINGS …

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Center meeting at 4pm in 2C-543.

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Chocolate chip.

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It’s OKAY – I’m an INTELLECTUAL, too.

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Rubber bands have snappy endings!

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I’m having an emotional outburst!!

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No one gets sick on Wednesdays.

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“Just the facts, Ma’am”

– Joe Friday

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If you suspect a man, don’t employ him.

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Got a dictionary? I want to know the meaning of life.

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Your mode of life will be changed to EBCDIC.

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You have an ability to sense and know higher truth.

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Your canceled check is your receipt.

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If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing for money.

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#+begin_quote

athener calls Amnesty International House of Pancakes

#+end_quote

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You humans are all alike.

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The world is no nursery.

– Sigmund Freud

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QOTD:

“I haven’t come far enough, and don’t call me baby.”

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Ditat Deus.

[God enriches]

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Type louder, please.

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<SirDibos> does Johnie Ingram hang out here on IRC?

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So little time, so little to do.

– Oscar Levant

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Lost interest? It’s so bad I’ve lost apathy.

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I’m shaving!! I’M SHAVING!!

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The beauty of a pun is in the “Oy!” of the beholder.

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It is better to travel hopefully than to fly Continental.

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Don’t hate yourself in the morning – sleep till noon.

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No campfires allowed.