Falsely accusing someone of being a Nazi is a contemptible, gutter pastime, and anyone with more than a casual acquaintance with Nazism knows how grotesque it would be to dilute the evil of the Third Reich by attributing it to someone who hasn’t earned it. —- Graeme Wood
There is no compression algorithm for experience.
Andy Jassy, CEO Amazon
No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary. – William of Ockham
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!” — Hunter S Thomson
The secret to having no worries, at least where I am concerned, is to have plenty of ideas — Eugene DeLacroix
Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn’t ask ourselves what it says but what it means. – The Name of the Rose
You are neither here or there / A hurry through which strange and known things pass. — Seamus Heaney
The way we face the world alters the face we see in the world — David Whyte
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen — John Steinbeck
Uncertainty is the only certainty there is. And knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security — John Allen Paulos
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