aausch comments on Rationality Quotes: February 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: aausch 04 February 2011 10:05:08PM 13 points [-]

Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying

-- The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett

Comment author: NihilCredo 04 February 2011 10:40:21PM 5 points [-]

So that's where Woody Allen got it from.

Comment author: ata 04 February 2011 11:42:02PM 6 points [-]

I haven't been able to find the original source of the Woody Allen quote, but it seems "The Colour of Magic" was published in 1983, and Google Books finds some copies of the Woody Allen quote predating that.

Comment author: NihilCredo 04 February 2011 11:43:59PM 1 point [-]

Ahh, nevermind then. (I only looked it up on Wikiquote, which referenced a bio-photo-book from 1993).

Comment author: RobinZ 05 February 2011 01:48:42AM 2 points [-]

...I thought you were being ironic. o_o

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