"I get the biggest enjoyment from the random and unexpected places. Linux on cellphones or refrigerators, just because it's so not what I envisioned it. Or on supercomputers."

-- Linus Torvalds

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“I'm from really humble beginnings. I've never been this Hollywood diva, but you get caught up in what you're pretending to be.”

Source : "Heidi Montag: Reality show and plastic surgery infamy like a 'lifelong sentence'", www.foxnews.com. August 3, 2012.
“The poor old Duke [of Wellington]! What shall I say of him? To be sure he was born in Ireland, but being born in a stable does not make a man a horse.”
“I don't encourage people to litigate when facing discrimination: It is so hard - painful and difficult. It's draining financially, emotionally, and professionally. But when you see that you could be the person who impacts the conversation in a meaningful way - or that you could inspire a few people to feel better about themselves, to speak up, to inspire others, to create this broader wave of change - I don't regret that at all.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“Don't wait for mentors to seek you out. Don't ever wait for your phone calls to be returned, your letters to be answered, your faxes to be responded to. Keep going out and asking question.”
“But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive.”
“Almost starve, but I donâ€™t starve because I eat very much”
“Peace is not a luxury. It's not an option. It is fundamental to the existence and well-being of a human being to have peace in their life.”
“I don't see myself as such an important guitarist.”

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