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Come up with a faux quote, win a book!
by David K. Israel – May 28, 2008 – 4:49 AM
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If you missed our interview with David Pratt, author of the new book The Impossible Takes Longer: The 1,000 Wisest Things Ever Said by Nobel Prize Laureates, go check it out and then come on back because today, we’re giving away a copy to one creative reader. Here’s how to win the book:
Come up with a clever, witty, fake quote and attribute it to a notable person (real, mythological, fictitious, it’s up to you). For instance, what if the great mathematician Archimedes (of “Eureka!” fame), had said this one night after a satisfying meal with his wife:
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MY ENTRY:
“Free the slaves? But only in areas that I have no control over. And, that will make me an icon of freedom. Who’d believe that I freed any slaves at all? No one is that dumb!”
“Honest” Abe Lincoln,
who ‘freed’ the slaves,
to his Press Secretary,
right before he fired him and
threw him in a military prison
got suspicion of terrorism.
:-)
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