"I stayed a virgin until I was 23. I didn't do drugs or drink or smoke."

-- Victoria Jackson

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“I say, 'Get me some poets as managers.' Poets are our original systems thinkers. They contemplate the world in which we live and feel obligated to interpret, and give expression to it in a way that makes the reader understand how that world runs. Poets, those unheralded systems thinkers, are our true digital thinkers. It is from their midst that I believe we will draw tomorrow's new business leaders." --Sidney Harman, CEO Multimillionaire of a stereo components company”
“A lot of writers that I know have told me that the first book you write, you write about your childhood, whether you want to or not. It calls you back.”

Source : "Conversation: Tea Obreht, Author of ‘The Tiger’s Wife’". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. April 1, 2011.
“I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.”
“There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.”

Source : Mencius, James Legge (1875). “The Life and Works of Mencius: With Essays and Notes”, p.345
“I always wanted to be a musician, 100 percent, my whole life. I went to school, I did music theory, I did voice training and piano lessons, and while I was a decent musician, it didn't seem like enough for me. I felt like I wanted to make more than just music.”
“It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge.”

Source : Charles Babbage, Anthony Hyman (1989). “Science and Reform: Selected Works of Charles Babbage”, p.116, Cambridge University Press
“And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you are, and I think children use it all the time for this purpose, is fantasy.”
“I'm such a fan of Deadwood. I love the characters in that. They're such wonderful characters. I'm a fan of The Wire. Those are all heavily character-based shows.”

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