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"I plan to be spontaneous."
Matt Willmore, Purdue University Student

"Action packed."
Eli, The guy that lives down the hall

"It only takes a couple minutes."
Skip Harmeyer, Purdue University Student and Robotic Combat Celebrity

"Let's play worms."
Skip Harmeyer, Purdue University Student and Robotic Combat Celebrity

"The United States is the only place in the world where people don't steal as much."
Jesus Perrotta, Purdue University Student

Other

"That which does not kill me makes me stronger."
Friedrich Nietzsche

"Everything in Linux is really easy...after you have tried doing it at least 10 times."
Neil McNab, Purdue University Student and Linux User, June 22, 2002

"The thing that makes Purdue so special is that it is a family that comes together to make Purdue life special."
Steven C. Beering, President of Purdue University (1983-2000), Purdue Exponent, April 15, 2002

"Too bad we don't have any of our linux-pimping-security-freak CS students evaluating security."
From a Purdue Online message board, regarding a major breach of University computer security, March 29, 2002

"Being delusional has some benefits."
Dr. Donal E. Carlston, Professor of Psychology, Purdue University

"You cannot define or explain Purdue by adding up the sums of classroom space, laboratory equipment, and library holdings...Purdue has a certain character, an essence that is understood and appreciated only by those who are steeped in its tradition and who have come to love it."
Steven C. Beering, President of Purdue University (1983-2000)

"Send your children to Purdue, folks. They have smart professors there."
Ann Landers, Syndicated Columnist, as it appeared in her column, September 29, 2001

"The lesser of two evils is still evil."
Ralph Nader, Green Party Candidate for President 2000

"I've made two huge mistakes here ... One was not leaving in May, and one was not leaving five years ago."
Bobby Knight, Former Indiana University Basketball Coach, September 2000

"Remember, America: I gave you the Internet and I can take it away."
Al Gore, Former Vice President of the United States

Farewell

To leave is to die a little.
French Proverb.

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German philosopher.

It's interesting to leave a place, interesting even to think about it. Leaving reminds us of what we can part with and what we can't, then offers us something new to look forward to, to dream about.
Richard Ford (b. 1944), U.S. author.

Friendship

Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments, a future-and also because we live as if our only task was precisely to have relationships with other people.
Albert Camus (1913-60), French-Algerian philosopher, author.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719), English essayist.

The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
Mark Twain (1835-1910), U.S. author.

To the query, "What is a friend?" his reply was "A single soul dwelling in two bodies."
Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), Greek philosopher.

Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.
Jennie Jerome Churchill (1854-1921), Anglo-American mother of Winston Churchill.

God gives us our relatives-thank God we can choose our friends.
Ethel Watts Mumford (1878-1940), U.S. novelist, humor writer.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.
Charles Caleb Colton

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Anonymous

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend."
Albert Camus (1913-60), French-Algerian philosopher, author.

Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.
Anonymous

Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say.
Anonymous

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.
Tim McGraw, country singer

My father always used to say that, when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.
Lee Iacocca (1924-?), American corporate executive

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