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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 14, 2026
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
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Robert R. Coveyou, Oak Ridge National Laboratory  
It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.
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H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)  
When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
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John Billings(Henry Wheeler Shaw)  
Friends should always tell you the truth. But please don’t.
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Louis C. K., Vanity Fair interview, 2013  
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