10 Quotes by Ted Kosmatka

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    Speaking of boxes...Do you know that thought experiment with the cat in the box with the poison? Theory requires the cat to be both alive and dead until observed.Well, I actually performed the experiment. Dozens of times. The bad news is reality doesn't exist. The good news is we have a new cat graveyard.

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    There is a moment, climbing a tree, when you know you should climb no higher. A winnowing of branches the farther you go, like the choices in life.

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    Can you half believe something? No, that wasn't quite right. This was quantum mechanics. The better question: can you both believe in something and not?

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    I drank until I couldn’t remember which hand held the gun and which the bottle. I drank until they were the same.

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    The enrichment center would like to announce a new employee initiative of forced voluntary participation.If any Aperture Science employee would like to opt out of this new voluntary testing program, please remember; science rhymes with compliance.Do you know what doesn't rhyme with compliance?Neurotoxin.

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    Once you believe in quantum mechanics,” I said, “it’s hard to rule something out merely because it is impossible.

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    So there is only this place.” He gestured around him. “Only work. People forget they are going to die someday. There’s more to life than career and paycheck.

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