For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
~ H. L. Mencken
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Clear and simple →
Holidays →
One of the most reliable signs that you need a holiday is the conviction that you cannot possibly spare the time to take one.
~ Bryan Magee
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Connection →
Effort isn’t the point, impact is. If you solve the problem in three seconds but have the guts to share it with me, it’s still art. And if you move ten thousand pounds of granite but the result doesn’t connect with me, I’m sorry for your calluses, but you haven’t made art, at least not art for me.
~ Seth Godin
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Imagination →
We think we understand the rules when we become adults, but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination.
~ David Lynch
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Feeling →
We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.
~ Charlie Chaplin
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Transformative →
I’ve never seen any life transformation that didn’t begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit.
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
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Love and loyalty →
It’s easier to desire and pursue the attention of tens of millions of total strangers than it is to accept the love and loyalty of the people closest to us.
~ William Gibson
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Malice →
Any sufficiently advanced negligence is indistinguishable from malice.
~ Deb Chachra
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Wonders →
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therein to be content.
~ Helen Keller
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Love versus violence →
We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight.
~ John Lennon
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