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Things that are always a lie:

"I'll spend my birthday money on something practical like shoes or clothes, so I'll go into Kinokuniya just to have a look around."

Meritocratic Utopia

I just burst out laughing while on the desk at the library. The little girl is staring at me like I'm nuts. Why?

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a waiter in a pirate restaurant playing a guitar -- forever."

Fred Clark on our Meritocratic Utopia.