"Legend has it that every new technology is first used for something related to sex or pornography. That seems to be the way of humankind."
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"Peyton Manning is a true leader. A legend. I love the way he is always in control. You never see him too frustrated, never see him too happy."
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"I look back at that time fondly. It's something I never thought I'd get the chance to do, be in a soap. Working with Barbara Windsor and Steve McFadden - they're legends in their own lifetimes aren't they?"
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"We may need simple and heroic legends for that peculiar genre of literature known as the textbook. But historians must also labor to rescue human beings from their legends in science if only so that we may understand the process of scientific thought aright."
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"A one-hit wonder is a legend who stopped early."
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"Like the newspapers used to say, if the truth isn't big enough, you print the legend."
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"Heavenly witnesses are a tricky lot, to be used by whoever is closest to Heaven at the time. And legend and theology, which are designed to sanctify our fears, crimes, and aspirations, also reveal them for what they are."
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"I don't think anything really consciously went into 'Legend' that was influenced by videogames, but I'm pretty sure some of my experiences and love for gaming contributed to a few of the factors that are in 'Legend'."
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"It is the chief value of legend to mix up the centuries while preserving the sentiment."
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"The pine is the mother of legends."
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"You cannot compare Britney with Lady Gaga...You are putting Lady Gaga at the same level of Britney Spears? I really cannot believe it. Lady Gaga is good, but she's a new artist, Britney Spears is a legend."
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"And history becomes legend and legend becomes history."
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"Everybody knows this legend in kind of African-American lore. There's always somebody in your neighborhood named Orangejello or Lemonjello. And that's spelled - Orangejello is spelled O-R-A-N-G-E-J-E-L-L-O."
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