"The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy. The pursuit of perfection is frustrating, neurotic, and a terrible waste of time."

-- Ed Bliss

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“In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.”
“The controlled chaos is one way to get creativity. The intensity of it, the physical rush, the intimacy created the kind of dialogue that leads to synergy.”

Source : "Clinton global aid meeting gathers $1.25 bln". The Malaysian Star, September 18, 2005.
“Racing is the fun part; it's the reward of all the hard work.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 8, 2012
“People never want to be told anything they do not believe already.”

Source : James Branch Cabell (2001). “The Cream of the Jest”, p.72, Wildside Press LLC
“There's major changes happening with technology and economics. But unfortunately, the initial reaction on any new frontier, it gets bloody, and people are overreacting, and very defensive, and they're not taking risks. In fact, they're taking such safe measures that they're shooting themselves in the foot.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Science can be introduced to children well or poorly. If poorly, children can be turned away from science; they can develop a lifelong antipathy; they will be in a far worse condition than if they had never been introduced to science at all.”
“Among archetypal images, the Sacred Tree is one of the most widely know symbols on Earth. There are few cultures in which the Sacred Tree does not figure: as an image of the cosmos, as a dwelling place of gods or spirits, as a medium of prophecy and knowledge, and as an agent of metamorphoses when the tree is transformed into human or divine form or when it bears a divine or human image as its fruit or flowers.”
“I'm very resilient. The only thing I'm missing right now are abs.”

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