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Stjepan “Stipe” Mesić was raised by wolves, so he learned the value of teamwork early.

Cancillería Ecuador

Some people say to me, “Kate, I’ve noticed you often write about world leaders who you have a crush on. I am starting to suspect that this is part of a pathetic fantasy that these world leaders will somehow read what you wrote and be flattered and then run into you and ask you out on a date. Even though they’re married. And you’re married. And you have that unattractive limp.”

To these people, I say “Hey, do you happen to have Rafael Correa’s personal email address? If so, do you think you could send him a link to this website? Because that would really help me out.”

Prime Minister of Norway

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I don’t know how observant you are, but I’m going to guess not very, based on the fact that so far no one has picked up on the subliminal messages I’ve been inserting into every EIKOOC A EM LIAM one EIKOOC A EM LIAM of my posts EIKOOC A EM LIAM.

Emir of Qatar

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Getting into trouble while your parents are out of town is a rite of passage. I know I’ll never forget the time my family accidentally left me home alone at Christmas and I had to defend our house from burglars with a series ingenious booby traps made from everyday household items.