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The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

— Hans Hofmann, quoted in Zen and the Art of Stand-up Comedy (1998)

To understand matters rightly we should understand their details, and as that knowledge is almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect.

— François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)

Be pitiful, for every man is fighting a hard battle.

— Ian Maclaren, The British Weekly (1898)

We must remember that our greatest strength is in our love of life and colors, beauty and music, dancing and joy. That is our secret weapon. That is something that the opposition does not have. Keep those things near and dear to your heart because in times of war that will sustain you.

— RuPaul Andre Charles, Billboard (2017)

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The Phaistos Disc is a disc of fired clay from the Greek island of Crete, dating possibly from the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age (second millennium BC). It bears a text on both sides in an unknown script and language, and its purpose and original place of manufacture remain disputed. Discovered in 1908 by the Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier, the disc is made of fine-grained clay, intentionally and properly fired, and is approximately cylindrical with a diameter of around 16 centimetres (6.3 inches) and a thickness of almost 2 centimetres (0.79 inches), with rounded edges. The disc is an early example of movable-type printing, with the embossed signs that comprise its inscription resulting from separate stamps that were pressed into the soft clay before firing. It has captured the imagination of amateur and professional palaeographers, and many attempts have been made to decipher the text, which comprises 241 occurrences of 45 distinct signs. The Phaistos Disc is now on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum on Crete.Artefact credit: unknown; photographed by C messier; edited by Bammesk

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	For your fine contributions to Wikipedia, including starting an infobox at L'Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux. gidonb (talk) 05:34, 10 December 2017 (UTC)		Norris.michaelj has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. 00:29, 12 April 2016‎
	Please accept this for your impressive rewriting of W. S. Lach-Szyrma. Pointillist (talk) 21:42, 1 August 2013 (UTC)		Nice work on the Magical Tree page! Sulfurboy (talk) 10:35, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
	Thanks for creating Lists of cultivars and other similar lists, and for your efforts to improve the encyclopedia for the public. Northamerica1000(talk) 04:45, 7 April 2012 (UTC)		Thanks for your recent contributions! -Mike Restivo (talk) 20:18, 29 April 2011 (UTC)