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So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And they said, 'No.' So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.': Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)
No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.: Judge Gideon J. Tucker
A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration.: Kurt Lewin (1890 - 1947)
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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), 'Eleanora,' 1842
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Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.: Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)
The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.: Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906)
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Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.: Alfred E. Newman
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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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No matter how advanced your camera you still need to be responsible for getting it to the right place at the right time and pointing it in the right direction to get the photo you want.: Ken Rockwell, Your Camera Does Not Matter, 2005
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Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.: Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963), "Proper Studies", 1927
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Frankly, I’m suspicious of anyone who has a strong opinion on a complicated issue.: Scott Adams (1957 - ), The Dilbert Blog
I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.: Jane Wagner, (and Lily Tomlin)
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.: Jack London (1876 - 1916)
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You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.: Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
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If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.: Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand: Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007)
When I was in college, I remember fearing that the dreary grind of adulthood would feature infinitely more existential dread than frat parties had, but the opposite has been true for me. I'm much less likely to feel that gnawing fear of aimlessness and nihilism than I used to be and that's partly because education gave me job opportunities, but it's mostly because education gave me perspective and context.: John Green, Vlogbrothers, Is College Worth It?, 08-21-12
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If I was more complacent and I let things slide, my life would be easier, but you all wouldn't be as entertained. My misery is your pleasure.: Kanye West, Rolling Stone, 2006
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.: Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
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