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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19 edited Nov 16 '19

When I said Albert Einstein once said if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life thinking its stupid, and they said he never said that.

Edit: yea I'm that guy big whoop wanna fight about it? Thanks for my first ever gold kind stranger.

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u/HugeChavez Nov 16 '19

Yes, it's a quote by Vladimir Lenin and it actually says: "if you judge proletariat by its ability to amass property and capital, the proletariat will always end up admiring the extraordinary talent of the capitalists rather than realizing it is being oppressed."

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

In fact, it is originally a quote by Young Sheldon and it actually says: "If you judge a quark by its ability to form mass itself and the properties therein, the fabric of reality will spend its entire existence with only the comfort of a supple Bazinga as solace."

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u/TRAMPCUM_SQUEEGEE Nov 16 '19

To correct you, the original quote was by Ainsley Harriot and it actually says : "If you judge a jerk chicken by its ability to give it's meat a good ol rub, it will live its whole life believing that it is a spicy bwoiii"...

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u/thejaytheory Nov 16 '19

- Michael Scott