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1->''"quSDaq ba'" (Sit in a chair)''
2--> -- '''Klingon phrase for "that is very obvious"'''.
3
4->''"Some people think everything has to 'mean' something. Well, some things don't mean anything!"''
5-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeCarlin'''
6
7->''"This story has everything! People! Furniture! Talking! It's a real American story!"''
8-->-- '''Hollywood Producer''', ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E2CartmansMomIsStillADirtySlut Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut]]"
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10->'''[[Creator/StephenFry Director]]:''' Let's start right at the beginning, shall we? What's the word... what's the wonder, I wonder, that Creator/WilliamShakespeare decides to begin his sentence with here?\
11'''[[Creator/HughLaurie Drama Student]]:''' Uhh... "time", that's the first word.\
12'''Director:''' "Time".\
13'''Drama Student:''' Yeah.\
14'''Director:''' ''"Time".''\
15'''Drama Student:''' ...Yeah.\
16'''Director:''' And how does Shakespeare decide to spell it, Hugh?\
17''[beat]''\
18'''Drama Student:''' T-I-M-E.\
19'''Director:''' T-I...?\
20'''Drama Student:''' M.\
21'''Director:''' ''M''-E!\
22'''Drama Student:''' Yeah.\
23'''Director:''' And what sort of spelling of the word "time" is that?\
24'''Drama Student:''' ...Well, it's the ordinary spelling.\
25'''Director:''' It's the ordinary spelling, isn't it, it's the ''conventional'' spelling. So why, out of all the spellings he ''could'' have chosen, did Shakespeare choose that one, do you think?
26-->-- '''Cambridge Footlights 1981 revue'''
27
28->''"I sit in the chair and think about the word chair. It can also mean the leader of a meeting. It can also mean a mode of execution. It is the first syllable in charity. It is the French word for flesh. None of these facts has any connection with the others."''
29-->-- ''Literature/TheHandmaidsTale''
30
31->'''Janice:''' Fucking look at him out there.\
32'''Bobby:''' What?\
33'''Janice:''' I've seen that 'sitting in the chair' thing.\
34'''Bobby:''' Come on! [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs People Sit In Chairs]].
35-->-- ''Series/TheSopranos'', "[[Recap/TheSopranosS6E13SopranoHomeMovies Soprano Home Movies]]"
36
37->''"'Local Resident Watches Pole?' No one's gonna pay to read this malarkey! When you write these stories, you've gotta use a little imagination, boy."''
38-->-- '''Mr. Krabs''', ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS6E9BoatingBuddiesTheKrabbyKronicle The Krabby Kronicle]]"
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40->''"WHAT A SENSATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR A STORY! I CAN SEE THE HEADLINE NOW: 'A DOG EXISTS SOMEWHERE.' FRANKLY, I'M BLOWN AWAY."''
41-->-- '''Mettaton''', ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''
42
43->''''I find shock is best absorbed with the knees bent.''''
44-->--'''Film/TheWickerMan'''
45
46->''"It's not just a story of things, it's a story of people sitting on things."''
47-->-- '''Series/PhilomenaCunk''', ''Cunk on Britain''
48
49->'''Goss''': Fine, fine, just have your Klingon servant get us some chairs.\
50'''Worf''': I am in charge of Security.\
51'''Goss''': Then who gets the chairs?\
52'''Picard''': [=DaiMon=], due to the delicate nature of these negotiations, all parties have agreed that one representative would suffice. Now I will be happy to provide your consuls with accommodations and you may have my chair.
53-->-- ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E8ThePrice The Price]]"

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