Winston Smith

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Joy is the reward for seeking to give joy to others

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I'd rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right

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He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands, his head and his heart is an artist

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man

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Vasili Arkhipov. The Man Who Saved the World

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Some people confess guilt to claim credit for the sin - John Von Neumann

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1. Make requirements less dumb
2. Delete the part or process step
3. Optimize
4. Accelerate
5. Automate

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Living is reliving, keep a journal, film home movie - Robert Rodriguez

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The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either, but right through every human heart

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The first 90% of a project or task often takes only 10% of the total time and effort, while the final 10% can require the remaining 90% of the time and effort

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One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.

You only get peace by negotiating with terrorists.

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Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or avoid pain but to see a meaning in life.

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So me the outcome I’ll give you a motive

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The stock market is like someone playing with a yo-yo whilst riding the up escalator. The secret is to focus on the escalator and not the yo-yo

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Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

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When there's pressure and constraints on speech, it somehow leads to constraints on thought, even though it doesn't have to