saliency comments on Rationality Quotes November 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: saliency 30 November 2009 01:26:44AM 22 points [-]

"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying." --Woody Allen

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 01 December 2009 02:02:19PM 3 points [-]

This quote always reminds me of another choice one: "I want to live forever, or die trying".

Comment author: Yorick_Newsome 01 December 2009 02:10:16PM 1 point [-]

^ Yossarian, a character in the novel Catch 22, by Joseph Heller.