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Dilshan’s Quotes

“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”
― George S. Patton

tags: herd-mentality, inspiration, patton

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“There are known knowns, things we know that we know; and there are known unknowns, things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns, things we do not know we don't know.”
― Donald Rumsfeld, Known and Unknown

tags: humility, imagination, knowledge

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“- චන්ද්‍රානි වගේ කවුරුත් මේ ලෝකෙ ඇතියි කියල මං හිතන්නෙ නෑ.

- ඒ ඇයි? ඒ චරිතය හරිම තාත්විකයි.

- චන්ද්‍රානි මවාපු චරිතයක්. ඒක තාත්වික වෙන්ඩ ඇති. ඒ උණාට තාත්වික චරිතයක් කියන්නෙ හැබෑ චරිතයක් නෙවි. හැබෑ මිනිසුන් පොත්වල චරිත තරම් තාත්වික නෑ”
― කේ. ජයතිලක, අතීරණය

tags: reality-of-life

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“Don’t comment bad code—rewrite it.”
― Brian W. Kernighan, The Elements of Programming Style

tags: software-craftmanship, software-engineering

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“The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

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Recommend Crafting and Do-It-Yourself books and resources (Apps, Magazines, the works) with reviews.

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