“Because. doesn't match \n. [ \0-\377] is the most efficient way to match everything currently. Maybe \e should match everything. And \E would of course match nothing.”
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2940019.stm E-government begins with you, April, 11, 2003.
Variant: The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
Source: A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living
“But this would be such a fine match, don’t you think?”
Mrs. Ellsworth insisted.
“He dances well, but more than that I am not willing to say without any acquaintance with his character.”
Source: Shades of Milk and Honey (2010), Chapter 3 (p. 42)
There's no evidence that Einstein ever said this. (Source: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/05/16/everything-energy/.)
Misattributed
“All matches are equal, because all of them need to be won.”
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Oskar during a visit to his therapist, Dr. Fein
"Happiness, Happiness" (p. 201)
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005)
Context: "I feel too much. That's what's going on." "Do you think one can feel too much? Or just feel the wrong ways? "My insides don't match up with my outsides." "Do anyone's inside and outsides match up?" "I don't know. I'm only me." "Maybe that's what a person's personality is: the difference between the inside and the outside." "But it's worse for me." "I wonder if everyone thinks it's worse for him." "Probably. But it really is worse for me."
“Let the punishment match the offense.”
Noxia poena par esto.
Book III, section 11
De Legibus (On the Laws)
“Wisdom. No match for the troublemaker Curiosity.”
Source: Glory Season (1993), Chapter 16 (p. 265)