"Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law"

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Source : Godel, Escher, Bach ch. 5 (1979)

Douglas Hofstadter

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“All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.”
“Certain people have said that the world is like a calm pond, and that anytime a person does even the smallest thing, it is as if a stone has dropped into the pond, spreading circles of ripples further and further out, until the entire world has been changed by one tiny action.”
“It is one thing for the living water to descend from Christ into the heart, and another thing how-when it has descended-it moves the heart to worship. All power of worship in the soul, is the result of the waters flowing into it, and their flowing back again to God.”
“Inevitably they find their way into the forest. It is there that they lose and find themselves. It is there that they gain a sense of what is to be done. The forest is always large, immense, great and mysterious. No one ever gains power over the forest, but the forest posses the power to change lives and alter destinies.”

Source : "The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World". Book by Jack Zipes, 1988.
“I've been writing for myself since I was a teenager - I got into top-lining for some other artists/producers, but the focus was always on my own stuff.”
“The world's greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a mayor who is independent from party bosses and special interests, who isn't afraid to be honest with the people, and who is focused on the issues New Yorkers care about most.”
“Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.”
“I'm selling evolution. You grow or you die.”

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