“And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – the main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.” – John Steinbeck
“I don’t know.” – W. Somerset Maugham
It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say “I don’t know.” Discuss
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dispositive
dispositive – adjective – legal term
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directed toward or effecting a disposition (as of a case) <an endless variety of dispositive…pretrial motions — Robert Shaw-Meadow>
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relating to a disposition of property <dispositive words in a will>
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Gustave Flaubert
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“A memory is a beautiful thing, it’s almost a desire that you miss”. Discuss | |
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Audiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with any amount of reasoning. Discuss
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Washington Irving
Every desire bears its death in its very gratification. Curiosity languishes under repeated stimulants, and novelties cease to excite and surprise, until at length we cannot wonder even at a miracle. Discuss
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“Computers are dumber than people but smarter than programmers”
“Computers are dumber than people but smarter than programmers”, Jerry Pournelle
“Don’t get it right, just get it written.” – James Thurber
Don’t get it right, just get it written. James Thurber
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Daniel Defoe
Nature has left this tincture in the blood,
That all men would be tyrants if they could. Discuss
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Louisa May Alcott – definition of a philosopher
My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down. …read more
Victor-Marie Hugo (1802)
Hugo was a French poet, dramatist, and novelist. The son of a general, he was an accomplished poet before age 20. With his verse drama Cromwell in 1827, he emerged as an important figure in Romanticism. His best-known novels are The Hunchback of Notre Dame, an evocation of medieval life, and Les Misérables, the story of the convict Jean Valjean. Their immense popularity made him the most successful writer in the world at that time. Why was Hugo forced into exile in 1851?
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