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Sometimes, a person who likes your work and a person who don’t will show up within milliseconds of each other to let you know how they feel. One does not need to cancel out the other, positively or negatively; if you’re proud of the work, and you enjoyed the work, that is what’s important.: Wil Wheaton, WIL WHATON dot NET, 12-07-13
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The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent.: J. H. Holmes
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), "Mrs. Warren's Profession" (1893) act II
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.: Paul Dirac (1902 - 1984)
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Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.: Ralph Charell
Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.: Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), Song of the Open Road
Nobody can tell you if what you're doing is good, meaningful or worthwhile. The more compelling the path, the more lonely it is.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 5, 08-22-04
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.: Dr. Seuss (1904 - 1991)
Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.: Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964)
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In general we are least aware of what our minds do best.: Marvin Minsky, The Society of Mind
The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom...: Bell Hooks
Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.: Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937)
It's all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it's not so nice when you really come to have them, is it?: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.: Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.: Roberto Benigni (1952 - ), in Newsweek
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I would rather be right and die than be wrong and kill.: Holly Lisle, Fire In The Mist, 1992
This book fills a much-needed gap.: Moses Hadas (1900 - 1966)
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Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003
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Girls are always running through my mind. They don't dare walk.: Andy Gibb
I don't think there is a proper way to celebrate something which makes you happy.: Matthew Oliphant, Usability Works, 04-01-2006