"Twitter is a much more dangerous cauldron of groupthink than happy hours or dinners. On Twitter the reward comes from agreeing or loudly disagreeing with the joke, or the "smart take." In person you hash things out."

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Source : Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. August 2, 2013.

David Weigel

#Smart Quotes #Dinner Quotes #Rewards Quotes

“President [Ronald] Reagan never has tried to become an expert on military matters. He never has endeavored to learn the most important details in that field, which lead to a situation in which his aides played a much greater roles than aides would have played under President Ford or let us say in the whole Nixon-Ford-Kissinger era.”
“The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.”
“Working with Mel Gibson is a little like waltzing with a hurricane. It's always exciting, and you're never quite sure where it's going to take you.”
“They did the Monster Mash, it was a grave yard smash.”
“I never fall apart, because I never fall together.”
“To have a purpose that is worthwhile, and that is steadily being accomplished, that is one of the secrets of life that is worth living.”
“I decided I was going to be in love. I was going to give it everything I had. It was like heaven on that ranch. I don't know why we broke up. We never fought.”
“I'm a serious geek. I mean I seriously want to own a unicorn when I'm older . . . or a Pegasus . . . yeah Pegasus sounds better.”

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