She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to be in the Spanish class - that'll be great!" But no, she walked into the Portuguese class. So I figured, what the hell - I might as well learn Portuguese. I started walking right after her when this Anglo-Saxon attitude that I have said, "No, that's not a good reason to decide which language to speak." So I went back and signed up for the Spanish class, to my utter regret.
—from Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, a book by Richard P. Feynman
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| 4340. | Emery (eliu6) | 95.34 | 94% | 2014-10-19 |
| 4341. | Chetan (ch374n) | 95.33 | 98% | 2020-06-13 |
| 4342. | Satoshi (mkato) | 95.33 | — | 2010-11-05 |
| 4343. | Michael (jimmychim) | 95.32 | 98% | 2011-12-04 |
| 4344. | apoorv (covfere) | 95.32 | 97% | 2023-07-16 |
| 4345. | Alise (broadwaydiva817) | 95.32 | — | 2010-11-15 |
| 4346. | Alex (alexjdam) | 95.32 | — | 2010-09-29 |
| 4347. | Peter Ian (casparbayliss) | 95.32 | 97.8% | 2024-01-12 |
| 4348. | LaptopAccount42069 (laptopa... | 95.31 | 97% | 2024-04-22 |
| 4349. | David (mordecai1011) | 95.31 | 95% | 2014-03-06 |
| 4350. | BaconFarmer420 (baconfarmer... | 95.31 | 97% | 2022-11-01 |
| 4351. | a_p (aperea) | 95.31 | 96% | 2023-03-24 |
| 4352. | Ze (jiangzehua) | 95.31 | 97% | 2017-11-03 |
| 4353. | Eli (turtle_typerr) | 95.30 | 97% | 2024-09-09 |
| 4354. | Nathan (axewtypes) | 95.30 | 97.3% | 2025-03-29 |
| 4355. | lane (laneykins) | 95.29 | 97% | 2023-07-03 |
| 4356. | chris (chhreess) | 95.28 | 99% | 2023-01-21 |
| 4357. | Asorex (xraylolx) | 95.28 | 99% | 2012-05-01 |
| 4358. | Bucky (buckyplaysatwork) | 95.28 | 98% | 2019-07-08 |
| 4359. | drewbaru (drewbaru) | 95.27 | 98% | 2024-07-17 |
| 4360. | Niki (aplusbi) | 95.27 | — | 2010-10-20 |
| 4361. | Kai (jjune) | 95.26 | 98% | 2024-02-26 |
| 4362. | Chanz (chanzie) | 95.26 | 98% | 2023-04-14 |
| 4363. | alpha (alphawoman) | 95.26 | 98.5% | 2024-02-07 |
| 4364. | Zethrian (zethrian) | 95.26 | 97% | 2022-08-10 |
| 4365. | Matthew (d3f1n3d) | 95.25 | 97% | 2019-09-02 |
| 4366. | argelfaster (foopoop) | 95.25 | 95% | 2011-10-17 |
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