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Quotations
Surak: I am pleased to see that we have differences. May we together become greater than the sum of both of us.
David Frum: Do early and cheerfully that which you will have to do anyway.
Kevin Kelly: "The purpose of a habit is to remove that action from self-negotiation. You no longer expend energy deciding whether to do it. You just do it. Good ( Read more... ) -
Against Stupidity
"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens." - Friedrich Schiller
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The Focusing Illusion
The Focusing Illusion:
"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it." -
Dexter's rules
Step 1: Do your best!
Step 2: Try again. -
Books I've Read - 2010
Currently reading: My Life in France by Julia Child, Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
2010 reading to date (not in order):
35. Stargate SG-1: Trial by Fire by Sabine C. Bauer.
34. Stargate SG-1: Survival of the Fittest by Sabine C. Bauer.
33. Stargate SG-1: Roswell by Sonny Whitelaw, Jennifer Fallon: Time travel fun.
32. Stargate SG-1: Do No Harm ( Read more... ) -
The Koran on Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
"And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the living creatures that He has scattered through them." -
Obama quote
Barack Obama: "This shit would be really interesting if we weren't in the middle of it."
More or less the equivalent of the outdoor adventure motto: "This will make a great story if we live through it." -
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"It's not what you call me, but what I answer to."
-- African proverb