Rupert Giles Quotes

#1. I'd best head to the library. Research beckons.

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#2. Pardon me for finding the glass half full.

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#3. I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.

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#4. From time to time, I am asked
by people with an alarming lack of tact
why a man like myself, who has demonstrated an affinity for working with children, has none of his own. Other people's children are quite enough, thank you.

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#5. The earth is definitely doomed.

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#6. Well, I know I'm back in America now. I've been knocked unconscious.

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#7. Things involved with a computer fill me with a childlike terror. Now, if it were a nice ogre or some such I'd be more in my element.

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#8. Books smell. Musty and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer, it has no texture, no context. It's there and then it's gone. If it's to last, then the getting of knowledge should be tangible, it should be ... smelly.

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#9. Tea is soothing. I wish to be tense.

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