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“Let us thrust aside all the “questions with a single answer”, since the starkness of our imagination can earmark a bountiful logbook to conjure up a widening array of groovy and relevant replies to impending insidious questions. ("Finally things had lost their weightiness")”
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“But I kept it to myself--maybe because I didn't think it mattered, but probably because, in a place where everyone knew my story, it was nice to know there was a chapter that only I had read.”
― I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
― I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
“We are the girls with anxiety disorders, filled appointment books, five-year plans. We take ourselves very, very seriously. We are the peacemakers, the do-gooders, the givers, the savers. We are on time, overly prepared, well read, and witty, intellectually curious, always moving … We pride ourselves on getting as little sleep as possible and thrive on self-deprivation. We drink coffee, a lot of it. We are on birth control, Prozac, and multivitamins … We are relentless, judgmental with ourselves, and forgiving to others. We never want to be as passive-aggressive are our mothers, never want to marry men as uninspired as our fathers … We are the daughters of the feminists who said, “You can be anything,” and we heard, “You have to be everything.”
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“Quality, relevant content can't be spotted by an algorithm. You can't subscribe to it. You need people - actual human beings - to create or curate it.”
― Content Strategy for the Web
― Content Strategy for the Web
“I had archives of everything that had happened since I hacked my governor module, but I hadn’t had as much relevant experience in that time. But what I did have were thousands of hours of category mystery media, so I had a lot of theoretical knowledge that was possibly anywhere from 60 to 70 percent inaccurate shit.”
― Fugitive Telemetry
― Fugitive Telemetry
“This was how it ended, I thought bitterly. Not fighting threats from the outside, but fighting against the ugliest side of our own history.”
― The Tyrant’s Tomb
― The Tyrant’s Tomb
“Staying relevant and speaking in kind tones is by far, the best way to make your point. The moment you lose track, throwing out a negative comment you’ve lost your way, and get the terrible task of carrying your own negative, regretful baggage around with you. It’s senseless to create your own heavy heart.”
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“The main purpose of a church is to bring relevance to people and make sure everyone discovers their calling”
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“Yes. But he brought this great matter to a successful conclusion.’ – That means something, but not enough; for we rightly accept the maxim which says that plans must not be judged by results.”
― On Friendship
― On Friendship
“Tyler: Do you know what a duvet is?
Narrator: A comforter.
Tyler: It’s a blanket. Just a blanket.
Why do guys like you and I know what a duvet is?
Is this essential to our survival
in the hunter-gatherer sense of the word?
No.
What are we, then?
Narrator: I don’t know. Consumers?”
― Fight Club
Narrator: A comforter.
Tyler: It’s a blanket. Just a blanket.
Why do guys like you and I know what a duvet is?
Is this essential to our survival
in the hunter-gatherer sense of the word?
No.
What are we, then?
Narrator: I don’t know. Consumers?”
― Fight Club
“No man is worth more than another; no matter where he is from." -Chiron, Song of Achilles”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“The longer we go without barking, the more they will come to the bars of our cage and taunt us and prod us.”
― Dogs of War
― Dogs of War
“You need to go out of your way to make this happen, but it only need be a small gesture. A brief one-on-one moment where you acknowledge this person is relevant. More than a fly-by “bye” on your last day. Less than a tearful hug in the hallway.”
― Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
― Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
“People can work on various, diverse projects across many industries without getting siloed into irrelevancy.”
― Anti-Time Management: Reclaim Your Time and Revolutionize Your Results with the Power of Time Tipping
― Anti-Time Management: Reclaim Your Time and Revolutionize Your Results with the Power of Time Tipping
“The Word of God is still the same and relevant today as it was in the good old days. It has never changed.”
― The Infallible Word of God: 365 Inspirational Quotes
― The Infallible Word of God: 365 Inspirational Quotes
“And yet—this fascination with the future has generated its own antithesis, particularly in the so-called affluent or developed societies. There is a growing disenchantment with "progress" (however this may be defined) and even a feeling that, in many directions, we have already gone too far.”
― Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible
― Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible
“The way to feel relevant is to make others feel relevant.”
― How to Rob the Bank of England: Keith Cheeseman Reveals the True Story of Britain's Biggest Ever Robbery
― How to Rob the Bank of England: Keith Cheeseman Reveals the True Story of Britain's Biggest Ever Robbery
“You can’t just cover your eyes and pretend like terrible things aren’t happening simply because you can’t see them, even if that is something that would seem like a good idea to a monkey.”
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