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    <blockquote>Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.</blockquote>
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    <h5>Pelican Steve <span>- LittleSnippets</span></h5>
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    <blockquote>I don't need to compromise on my principles, because they don't have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway.</blockquote>
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    <h5>Max Conversion<span>- LittleSnippets</span></h5>
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