overheard quote of the day

“and, yes, i wanted to tell that i profoundly believe in free trade”

“ok, stop thanks, i don’t need any confession …”

AR to an overexcitedand overnervous student of his who wanted to get a reccomandation letter.

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yeah, it must be like this….the phd is like the magister, you take it before the master..it is far less than the master, it is only three years. yes, yes, i am sure, it is like what you have in italy, the ..  no, wait a second, i am not sure any more, but for sure it is far less than the master.

friedhemsplan-thorildsplan, on the tube in front of me, a He talking with a She, obviosuly quite oblivious of the fact that i was eavesdropping.

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it is time that i take my life in my hands.

from the seat next to me, on the sofa

overheard quote of the day

“Perhaps my signature is not as good as it once was, it gets cloudy and crooked. I am 75 years old.”

Gerald Anderson, St. Paul

overheard quote of the day

(to be read aloud)

“everyone knows she is the Italian Kant”

coffee room, dept economics

overheard quote of the day

“mi vo’ vanti” (I keep going)

calle del carbone, Venice

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i am shivering, i have an headache, i am systematically mistreating the people around. shit, that ’s a bad day.

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diffulties in finding a job, that s nothing to rejoice of. you should enjoy when he’ll have to face the perfect instance of bad luck: a testicle that falls, impotence…this you shoud rejoice of. the bad score on his dissertation, that he caused himself, it is nothing. the perfect instance of bad luck.

EP on revenge

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oh well, now your dog bit me and i should apologise because my bag scared him!

a man in a bar, after being bitten  by a small dog, and accused by the owner to have “scared” the four legged thing

overheard quote of the day

i was glad i did not have to talk to you all the time

TC to the girl who brought him along to a party.