Jennifer A. Nielsen quote: "Above all else, I think that you are a compulsive liar."<br />My laughter was tense, but sincere. "Hardly. In fact, I consider myself a compulsive truth teller. It's only that everyone else seems compelled to misunderstand me."

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Death by misadventure sounds like a hopeful possibility.
--Marjorie Branell-Markson
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The best Web sites are better than reality.
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Users spend most of their time on other websites.
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Go play the game because you love it, not because you want to be great at it.
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Dracula: Dead and Loving it.
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Leslie has the ability to do two things: he can be menacing and scary and he can be incredibly stupi...
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I wore that same shirt yesterday playing golf, ... There goes the Nike account.
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It's just teak everywhere,
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Don't call me Shirley!
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But they dressed the same as they do here.
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It was hung in 'tobacco houses' for six to eight weeks. The term 'tobacco barn' came later.
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They didn't have pesticides in the 18th century.
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But everything was done by hand in the 18th century.
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I actually sent them the piece, which they considered last year but didn't have enough time (to rehe...
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I waited and waited for a year and a half for them to announce who won, ... Jim Jeffords' office had...
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I like the Army (planes) best, ... They're cool.
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That's a pretty good basketball team.
ERIC NIELSEN

Before, once it has been aired, it's gone, and it doesn't really contribute to our knowledge space.
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If your users have many questions, it's a failure of your primary site design. It becomes not so muc...
JAKOB NIELSEN

You don't just want to just shoot them off into e-mail land.
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People give up if the item is not found where it's expected to be,
JAKOB NIELSEN

Animation is used as a blunt weapon,
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The Internet is about usability, ... The computer industry has been able to ship difficult-to-use pr...
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I'm trying to get away.
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We came back here to raise a baby.
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HOWIE NIELSEN

Who are you and how did you get in here?" "I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.
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I myself don't think she has anything surprising to say, but I'm not working on the strategy for eit...
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If Tom plays well, he's going to win. You'd hate to blow a lead like that. That's for sure.
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It's a dream come true for somebody like me, from where I was coming from.
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I was just so far out of my element out there.
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There's a little bond among us club pros, or longtime amateurs. To get a chance to play against big-...
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You could respond to it on a very human basis.
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We've haven't heard or felt anything at all; absolutely nothing.
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It is hard to say how much we are liable to pay.
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My children are old enough that I have more time. It is time to step up.
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Above all else, I think that you are a compulsive liar."
My laughter was tense, but sincere. "Hardly. In fact, I consider myself a compulsive truth teller. It's only that everyone else seems compelled to misunderstand me.

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Above all else, I think that you are a compulsive liar."
My laughter was tense, but sincere. "Hardly. In fact, I consider myself a compulsive truth teller. It's only that everyone else seems compelled to misunderstand me.

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Above all else, I think that you are a compulsive liar."
My laughter was tense, but sincere. "Hardly. In fact, I consider myself a compulsive truth teller. It's only that everyone else seems compelled to misunderstand me.