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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| 20539. | Karlis (tmtx) | 69.23 | — | 2010-08-09 |
| 20540. | Ty (actuallyty) | 69.22 | 96% | 2025-04-02 |
| 20541. | Dack (dckjnls) | 69.22 | 96.3% | 2025-01-10 |
| 20542. | Eli (swannyaf) | 69.22 | 97% | 2022-05-26 |
| 20543. | Rafeeq (raf_al) | 69.22 | 94.6% | 2023-12-04 |
| 20544. | AllowedUser (slowmanl0l) | 69.22 | 96% | 2021-04-23 |
| 20545. | Katherine (doylesgirl73) | 69.22 | 96% | 2021-01-10 |
| 20546. | Armageddon (armageddon) | 69.22 | 93% | 2012-10-06 |
| 20547. | Salomon (poufipluf) | 69.22 | 95% | 2017-02-15 |
| 20548. | David (hugger69) | 69.21 | 98% | 2020-03-08 |
| 20549. | Jeff (jeffcolv) | 69.21 | 83% | 2012-10-01 |
| 20550. | Romm (capitainromeo) | 69.21 | 96% | 2023-02-06 |
| 20551. | this quote is sh*t (slowass... | 69.21 | 97% | 2021-09-30 |
| 20552. | Berit (3k77) | 69.21 | 97% | 2022-02-06 |
| 20553. | Shiva (shivamalik) | 69.21 | 93% | 2014-07-23 |
| 20554. | Maritta (maritta) | 69.21 | — | 2010-11-04 |
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| 20559. | russell (russellchan) | 69.20 | 97% | 2025-08-01 |
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| 20561. | Harley (losinggeneration) | 69.20 | 96% | 2024-05-09 |
| 20562. | Wongalong (wongalong) | 69.20 | 96% | 2025-09-03 |
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