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“En España el mérito no se premia. Se premia el robar y el ser sinvergüenza. En España se premia todo lo malo.”
― Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, Luces de bohemia: Esperpento

“En España podrá faltar el pan, pero el ingenio y el buen humor no se acaban”
― Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, Luces de bohemia: Esperpento

“All play means something.”
― Johan Huizinga, Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture

“El club corresponde al juego como el sombrero a la cabeza”
― Johan Huizinga, Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture

“Los juegos de azar hay que considerarlos como estériles para la cultura. Ninguna riqueza aportan ni al espíritu ni a la vida. Pero otra cosa ocurre cuando la porfía exige destreza, habilidad, conocimientos, valor y fuerza.”
― Johan Huizinga, Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture

“Anyway, in a world of cheap PCs and fast Internet links, we find pretty consistently that the only really limiting resource is skilled attention.”
― Eric S. Raymond, The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

“The main reason nerds are unpopular is that they have other things to think about.”
― Paul Graham, Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

“There are few sources of energy so powerful as a procrastinating college student.”
― Paul Graham, Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age