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Kendall R. Phillips, a professor in the department of communication and rhetorical studies at Syracuse University, said that early vaudeville sketches like "Superstitious Joe," from 1913, were full of humorous references to the date. Fixating on Friday the 13th is "really our way of pretending we can control or predict a universe that is uncontrollable and unpredictable," Dr. Phillips said. "So if you think about it, all the things we think are omens of bad luck — Friday the 13th, walking under a ladder, a black cat crossing your path — all those just become ways for us to try to make sense of the reality that is — stuff just happens."

--Sopan Deb

NYT

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In general, I do not like the TED format. It is like popular science diluted with paint thinner.

--Entropy Dave

Practicle quote of the moment

You hear a lot of explosions at times, there's hundreds of them. And so when we hear them we sort of just don't stay near the windows just in case the glass was to break or there was some impact.

--Kristy Ellmer

American doing business in Dubai

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[In the U.S.] a woman in her early 40s is more likely to give birth than a teenager. 

--NYT

Life lesson quote of the moment

If you sell drugs, we will find you, prosecute you, and throw you in prison for a long time.

--Ellis Boyle

US Attorney

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I'm the world's most successful failure.

--Sir Monti Rock III

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I go to Kimbark Elementary School and Valley College.

--Honey Cooper

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I think about poetry as our most ancient hybrid intelligence, a way of interlinking algorithm and emotion very much in the way our new technologies are.

--Sasha Stiles

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When instability rises overseas, whether it's in the Middle East or other regions, it doesn't stay there. It travels through ideology, through online platforms, and sometimes into our own communities.

--Kevin McMahill

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The bathroom poses more physical hazards than any other room in the house.

--Cheryl Hall

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Every year we make more transistors than we've made of all other types of goods, combined, throughout human history. 

--Chris Miller

Survivalist quote of the moment

Coyotes are so smart.The more you deal with 'em, the more you realize how they're going to be here when we're all gone.

--Alfred Giles

If you're cool, you know headline of the moment

NYT: 

Momofuku Enters Its Dad Era With Super Peach

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We only calm the mind so we can see more clearly. 

--Andy Puddicombe

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I don't want some person who bullied me in grade school getting word of [my prostate cancer] and starting a prayer chain on Facebook for me.

--Brian Cahill

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I think you shouldn't be caught up on your climbing progression. It's like you're not going to get a medal based on your grade. Do your best. Have fun. Have a good time with your friends... And see where you get.

--Alex Honnold 

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We're really most alive when we're silent.

--Pico Iyer

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It's hard to doubt what hasn't been said. 

--Pico Iyer

Conundrum of the moment

WHY is this box trapezoidal?

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Beloved places to dine out are portals to past versions of ourselves.

--NYT