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Asok, the company isn't growing and no one is quitting in this economy. Your only hope of promotion is if a senior engineer died.
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I shall kill the president... thereby becoming the president...
—Frans, The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
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To be king, Numsgil did in Blog, who did in Unkful, who did in Viddle, who did in Loll, who did in Alrok...
—Goblin King flavour text, Magic the Gathering
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Hell, anything happens to me, everyone gets an instant promotion!
—John Sheridan, Babylon 5
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-The new head of Sam's old company, who intends to become president by killing the old one because that's how politics work
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Crime code 143: Killing a person outside of the Unseen University using magic. (Inside the UU, this is known as promotion.)
—The Ankh Morpork City Watch Diary
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Krogan researcher: My predecessor said no one would understand the true worth of my work. As I pulled my blade from his chest, I knew he was telling the truth. |
"there will be no promotion unless somebody dies, and even then only if we can't bring them back as a zombie"
—Hermes from Futurama
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