“Um, hello? Can I tell you about the real world?”
Hugh Hendry
more infosource: Newsnight, BBC, February 9, 2010.
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“By the way, what have you done that’s so great? Do you create anything, or just criticize others [sic] work and belittle their motivations?”
Steve Jobs
more infosource: email exchange between Gawker contributor Ryan Tate and Steve Jobs, May 15, 2010.
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via: Xeni Jardin“On what planet do you spend most of your time?…Trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table. I have no interest in doing it.”
Barney Frank
more infosource: town hall meeting, Dartmouth, NH, August 18, 2009
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notes: A constituent in the audience asked Barney Frank: “Why do you continue to support a Nazi policy?” Frank responds: “On what planet do you spend most of your time?” He calls her approach “vile, contemptible nonsense.” Frank closes with: “Trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table. I have no interest in doing it.”
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