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Ludwig Wittgenstein: Somewhat different world
“If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.” —Ludwig Wittgenstein.
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Annie Dillard: No shortage of good days
“There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. A life of good days lived in the senses is not enough. The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less; time is ample…
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Sun Tzu: Ears and eyes
“Gongs and drums, banners and flags, are means whereby the ears and eyes of the host may be focused on one particular point.”—Sun Tzu.
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George Burns: Older than most western countries
“I should have been a country-western singer. After all, I’m older than most western countries.” —George Burns.
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Phyllis Diller: Cleaning
“Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.” —Phyllis Diller.
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Fyodor Dostoevski: Understand him
“Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.” —Fyodor Dostoevski.
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Linus Torvalds: Kernel Hacker – The Next Generation
‘AP/STT. Helsinki, Dec 5th, 6:22 AM. For immediate release. In order to allay fears about the continuity of the Linux project, Linus Torvalds together with his manager Tove Monni have released Linus v2.0, affectionately known as Kernel Hacker – The Next Generation. Linux stock prices on Wall Street rose sharply after the announcement; as one…
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Fran Lebowitz: Educational television
“Educational television should be absolutely forbidden. It can only lead to unreasonable disappointment when your child discovers that the letters of the alphabet do not leap up out of books and dance around with royal-blue chickens.” —Fran Lebowitz, Social Studies.
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Joni Mitchell: Less than fascination
“You go down to the pickup station, craving warmth and beauty; You settle for less than fascination — a few drinks later you’re not so choosy. And the closing lights strip off the shadows on this strange new flesh you’ve found —Clutching the night to you like a fig leaf you hurry to the blackness…
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Michael T Fisher & Martin L Abbott: Cons of Grid Computing
“Cons of Grid Computing We have identified three major drawbacks of grid computing. These are listed in no particular order and are not all inclusive. There are many more cons, but these are representative of what you should expect if you include grid computing in your infrastructure. • Not shared simultaneously. The grid computing infrastructure…
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Pat Robertson: The sky is blue
“I think the sky is blue because it’s a shift from black through purple to blue, and it has to do with where the light is. You know, the farther we get into darkness, and there’s a shifting of color of light into the blueness, and I think as you go farther and farther away…
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Michael T Fisher & Martin L Abbott: Pros of Grid Computing
“Pros of Grid Computing We have identified four major benefits of grid computing. These are listed in no particular order and are not all inclusive. There are many more benefits, but these are representative of the types of benefits you could expect from including grid computing in your infrastructure. • High computation rates. With the…
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Richard Bach: Butterfly
“What the Caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a butterfly.” —Richard Bach.
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Friedrich Nietzsche: Little prigs and three-quarter madmen
“Little prigs and three-quarter madmen may have the conceit that the laws of nature are constantly broken for the sakes.” —Friedrich Nietzsche.
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Thomas Jefferson: Advertisements
“Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. “ —Thomas Jefferson.
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Sun Tzu: Dire straits
“And if we are able thus to attack an inferior force with a superior one, our opponents will be in dire straits.”—Sun Tzu.
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Michael T Fisher & Martin L Abbott: Drawbacks of Cloud Computing
“Drawbacks of Cloud Computing There are five major categories of cons or drawbacks that we see with cloud computing. These are in no particular order: • Security. Unlike SaaS companies who know exactly what sensitive or personally identifiable information is being entered into their system, cloud providers don’t know and try not to care; but…
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Michael T Fisher & Martin L Abbott: Benefits of Cloud Computing
“Benefits of Cloud Computing There are three major categories of pros or benefits that we see with cloud computing. These are in no particular order: • Cost. The pay as you use model allows the amount that you spend to stay closer to the actual usage and is particularly helpful for cash strapped companies. •…
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Sun Tzu: Conquered foe
“This is called, using the conquered foe to augment one’s own strength.”—Sun Tzu.
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Sun Tzu: Skillful soldier
“The skillful soldier does not raise a second levy, nor are his supply wagons loaded more than once.”—Sun Tzu.
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Andrew Clark: You’re overcomplicating it
‘In programming, if someone tells you “you’re overcomplicating it,” they’re either 10 steps behind you or 10 steps ahead of you.’ ––Andrew Clark.
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Thomas Pynchon: Inamorati Anonymous
‘”I’ll tell you what I know, then,” he decided. “The pin I’m wearing means I’m a member of the IA. That’s Inamorati Anonymous. An inamorato is somebody in love. That’s the worst addiction of all.” “Somebody is about to fall in love,” Oedipa said, “you go sit with them, or something?” “Right. The whole idea…
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William Safire: Rules for writing
“Do not put statements in the negative form. And don’t start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. Unqualified superlatives are the worst of…
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Erich Maria Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front
“This book (All Quiet on the Western Front) is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have…
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Cal Keegan: Spare time
“Life begins when you can spend your spare time programming instead of watching television.” —Cal Keegan.
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Isaac Asimov: False image
Pelorat sighed. “I will never understand people.” “There’s nothing to it. All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else. How would Seldon have worked out his Plan — and I don’t care how subtle his mathematics was — if he didn’t understand people; and how…
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Friedrich Nietzsche: My task
“The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity. To make the individual uncomfortable, that is my task.” —Friedrich Nietzsche.
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Vikki Roemer: Three types of guys
“There are three types of guys — the ones who hate nerds (all nerds, that is; girls aren’t let off the hook); the ones who are scared off by girls who are slightly more intelligent than average; and the guys who are also somewhat more intelligent than average, but are so shy that they can’t…
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Al Capone: Bootlegging
“When I sell liquor, it’s called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on silver trays on Lake Shore Drive, it’s called hospitality.” —Al Capone.
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Wolfgang von Goethe: Life’s golden tree
“My worthy friend, gray are all theories,And green alone Life’s golden tree.” — Wolfgang von Goethe, “Faust, Part 1” (1808), Project Gutenberg translation (2005), updated 2023
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André Gide: One must always start again
“Tout choses sont dites deja, mais comme personne n’ecoute, il faut toujours recommencer.” [All things have already been said, but since no one listens, one must always start again.] —André Gide.
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Francoise Sagan: Living and writing
“I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.” —Francoise Sagan.
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Mark Twain: When angry
“When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.” —Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar.
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Larry Wall: Snot
“There ain’t nothin’ in this world that’s worth being a snot over.” —Larry Wall.
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Mark Twain: Time to reform
“Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.” —Mark Twain.
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Judith Martin: Civilized
“We are all born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.” —Judith Martin, “Miss Manners’ Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behaviour”.
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Lillian Hellman: Since when?
“Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?” —Lillian Hellman.
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Larry Wall: Compromise
“We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can’t agree on when it’s necessary to compromise.” —Larry Wall.
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Benjamin Graham: Earning power
“Earning power must always be the chief criterion of stock values — exceeding in importance asset backing, financial condition, and even dividend return. For it is the average rate of earnings which determines the real value of the physical assets, which weakens or strengthens the cash position, and which finally must control the dividend policy.”…
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Blaise Pascal: Two kinds of men
“There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who believe themselves sinners; the sinners who believe themselves righteous.” —Blaise Pascal.
