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Liliane: Rafaella! What kind of a hotel is this? There are no walls in my room—only a row of chairs.
Rafaella: This is a concept hotel. It's German Expressionistic. You have to imagine the walls.
Forbidden Broadway, "Grim Hotel"

6 buttons? No! TWO BUTTONS! Just DIVE and KICK!
1 joystick? Try NO JOYSTICKS!
38 characters? No! TWO CHARACTERS!
Useless adjective modifiers? Super Ultra Ultimate Sex Turbo Magnum Chihuahua Bear Testosterone Arcade Edition? No! Two words: DIVE KICK!

Il semble que la perfection soit atteinte non quand il n'y a plus rien à ajouter, mais quand il n'y a plus rien à retrancher.
(It seems that perfection is not achieved when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to cut off.)
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Terre Des Hommes (original at top, translation in parentheses)

This is a test chamber. Four walls, a ceiling and a floor. Good enough for science.
...not Aperture Science!

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