"To devise an information processing system capable of getting along on its own - it must handle its own problems of programming, bookkeeping, communication and coordination with its users. It must appear to its users as a single, integrated personality."

-- Cliff Shaw

#Communication Quotes #Personality Quotes #Information Quotes

“The same rule that teaches the propriety of a partition between the various branches of power, teaches us likewise that this partition ought to be so contrived as to render the one independent of the other.”
“One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking.”

Source : Mary Pipher (2005). “Reviving Ophelia”, p.259, Penguin
“Uncovering secrets is apocalyptic in the simple sense (the Greek root means â€˜an uncoveringâ€™). In this case, it lifts the shame covers. It allows articulation to enter where silence once ruled.”

Source : Lewis Hyde (2010). “Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth and Art”, p.432, Macmillan
“I don't believe in sexual love.”
“Thin ribbons of fear snake bluely through you like a system of rivers. We need a cloudburst or soothing landscape fast, to still this panic. Maybe a field of dracaena, or a vast stand of sugar pinesâ€”generous, gum-yielding treesâ€”to fill our minds with vegetable wonder and keep dread at bay.”

Source : Amy Gerstler (2000). “Medicine”, p.21, Penguin
“A discordant mind, black with confusion and despair, would finish me off as thoroughly as the cold.”

Source : Richard E. Byrd (2003). “Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure”, p.190, Island Press
“Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.”
“All the sudden high-impact stress can really take a toll on your body. So if you still want to be active and get in a good workout, go to a yoga class or pilates class, or get in some strength and conditioning.”

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