#642

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Oct. 12, 2009, 11:09 a.m.

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Whitacre: If you gave me a magic wand, a cloak, a broom, and an owl, I'd be messing with people all day long!

#644

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Oct. 12, 2009, 11:09 a.m.

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Whitacre: What does that mean, dating? I have a date with you. I have lots of dates. Monday, Tuesday, the 16th, the 18th. I'll tell you what it is: I'm lusting. That's what it is! It's not dating, it's lusting.

#649

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Oct. 12, 2009, 11:11 a.m.

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//after revealing a piece of personal information Duval: Something to add to your bank of random knowledge.

#657

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Oct. 12, 2009, 7:18 p.m.

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//during open house Stein: Hey, look! A parent! I almost forgot! It's Open House today! Thiagu, is that your dad? Thiagu: Yes Stein: Well, Mr. Thiagu, we're doing exponential growth right now. Follow? *no response* Well, Thiagu what do we get? Thiagu: Umm... //after getting the answer Stein: So you say to yourself-- *all but Thiagu's dad say self* Okay, Thiagu, you really need to talk to your dad about this class.

#659

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Oct. 12, 2009, 7:21 p.m.

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Stein: So I had been teaching across the room from Walstein. I brought up the Wikipedia article on Heaviside, and Walstein looks up and says, "Hey! That's my birthday!"

#673

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Oct. 14, 2009, 12:52 p.m.

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Whitacre: We don't take lives. But you're tempting me with the math!

#679

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Oct. 14, 2009, 7:39 p.m.

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Whitacre: You know how to tell if someone's stupid? They keep doing the same thing and think it's gonna be different. It's called gambling!

#684

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Oct. 14, 2009, 7:43 p.m.

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Whitacre: Socrates turned philosophy inwards and hit's been bad since then!  Don't take it in college!  It's like Math, only worse!"

#686

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Oct. 14, 2009, 7:45 p.m.

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//talking about jade burial suits in China Whitacre: That fist reminds me of my grandmother's. When I was a kid, I remember it coming around all the time and going POW!

#690

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Oct. 14, 2009, 7:48 p.m.

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//in China, servants are buried with their masters Whitacre: Always read the fine print! "'Your manager dies, you go with him!' Oh, that doesn't sound so good!"