Think about quotes as an interesting multivariate optimisation problem.
How to maximize the amount of meaning while minimizing the amount of content? Quotes, much like good jokes, are at the bleeding edge of natural language elegance. They're the Haskell of English if you will.
No wonder some people spent hours practicing their off the cuff remarks and preparing impromptu responses. ;)
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Think about quotes as an interesting multivariate optimisation problem.
How to maximize the amount of meaning while minimizing the amount of content? Quotes, much like good jokes, are at the bleeding edge of natural language elegance. They're the Haskell of English if you will.
No wonder some people spent hours practicing their off the cuff remarks and preparing impromptu responses. ;)