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** Along similar lines, hockey legend Wayne Gretzky said: "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
** Along similar lines, hockey legend Wayne Gretzky said: "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
* [[Christopher Nolan]], in [http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=29317 speaking to the press] about [[The Dark Knight Rises|his third Batman film]], attempted to comment on what characters to expect without actually giving away any information. Thus: ''"We'll use many of the same characters as we have all along, and we'll be introducing some new ones."'' No way.
* [[Christopher Nolan]], in [http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=29317 speaking to the press] about [[The Dark Knight Rises|his third Batman film]], attempted to comment on what characters to expect without actually giving away any information. Thus: ''"We'll use many of the same characters as we have all along, and we'll be introducing some new ones."'' No way.
* Any elevator in Brazil will have [http://www.dzai.com.br/static/user//18/18971/3124569e49c76e65a6fa31cda299638a.jpg this warning], which translated says "Warning to the users: Before entering the elevator, ensure that it [the elevator car] is on the current floor". This was added because of old elevators, where one could force open the door, but with new elevators which all have sensors and failsafe switches, it became rather obvious.
* Any elevator in Brazil will have [https://web.archive.org/web/20121231150317/http://www.dzai.com.br/static/user//18/18971/3124569e49c76e65a6fa31cda299638a.jpg this warning], which translated says "Warning to the users: Before entering the elevator, ensure that it [the elevator car] is on the current floor". This was added because of old elevators, where one could force open the door, but with new elevators which all have sensors and failsafe switches, it became rather obvious.
* A British scientist on ''Lateline'' in Australia said that it would have been better if the March 2011 nuclear reactor explosions in Japan had not happened.
* A British scientist on ''Lateline'' in Australia said that it would have been better if the March 2011 nuclear reactor explosions in Japan had not happened.
* [[Doctor Phil]] sometimes comes off as this in his show. Most people know that it's not okay to beat your children hourly or cheat on your wife with her sister and best friend.
* [[Doctor Phil]] sometimes comes off as this in his show. Most people know that it's not okay to beat your children hourly or cheat on your wife with her sister and best friend.