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“They are Man's and they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is Ignorance and this girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.”
― A Christmas Carol
― A Christmas Carol
“There are books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story... don't be like the book-snobs who won't do that. Read sometimes for the words--the language. Don't be like the play-it-safers who won't do that. But when you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book.”
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“For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses. ”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
“The men on the trading floor may not have been to school, but they have Ph.D.’s in man’s ignorance.”
― Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
― Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
“If you want to make money at some point, remember this, because this is one of the reasons startups win. Big companies want to decrease the standard deviation of design outcomes because they want to avoid disasters. But when you damp oscillations, you lose the high points as well as the low. This is not a problem for big companies, because they don't win by making great products. Big companies win by sucking less than other big companies. ”
― Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
― Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
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