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- I think that novels that leave out technology misrepresent life as badly as Victorians misrepresented life by leaving out sex.
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), A Man without a Country
- Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), A Man without a Country
- For [a product] to surprise me, it must be satisfying expectations I didn't know I had. No focus group is going to discover those. Only a great designer can.
- Paul Graham, Made in USA
- You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
- Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984)
- The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.
- Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
- It is better to confess ignorance than provide it.
- Homer Hickam, The Coalwood Way
- A rocket won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse.
- Homer Hickam, Rocket Boys: A Memoir
- I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
- Xenocrates (396 BC - 314 BC)
- Seek first to understand, and then to be understood.
- Stephen Covey, 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
- Either do, or do not, there is no try
- George Lucas (1944 - ), The Empire Strikes Back
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