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Any government is potentially the worst client in the world you could ever possibly want to have.: Thomas Heatherwick, TED, Building the Seed Cathedral, March 2011
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The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings.: Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959), New York Times, October 4, 1953
You have to be careful who you let define your good.: Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign, 1999
If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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You risk tears if you let yourself be tamed.: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900 - 1944), The Little Prince
Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.: Mary Hemingway
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good.: Alice May Brock
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Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.: Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951)
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Joy is not in things; it is in us.: Richard Wagner
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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.: E. F. Schumacher
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.: Claude Bernard (1813 - 1878)
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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.: Richard Feynman (1918 - 1988)
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I've never struck a woman in my life, not even my own mother.: W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.: Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.: Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
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Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.: David McCullough (1933 - )
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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.: Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650), 'Meditations'
When you are in any contest you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it.: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)
In terms of being late or not starting at all, then it's never too late.: Alison Headley, Digital Preservation and Blogs, SXSW 2006