"To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound"

-- Duke of Wellington

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“Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry.”
“What avails it that indulgent Heaven From mortal eyes has wrapt the woes to come, If we, ingenious to torment ourselves, Grow pale at hideous fictions of our own? Enjoy the present; nor which needless cares Of what may spring from blind misfortune's womb, Appal the surest hour that life bestows. Serence, and master of yourself, prepare For what may come; and leave the rest to Heaven.”
“I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need.”
“There has long been a bemoaning of the lack of opportunity to make films that are anything but explosions or the ladling on the pea soup or whatever you want to call it. You can hardly make a movie where somebody isn't a murderer or a rapist or, if it's a "Fried Green Tomatoes" that isn't some wistful thing on this, that or the other thing.”
“It is true that God may have called you to be exactly where you are. But, it is absolutely vital to grasp that he didnâ€™t call you there so you could settle in and live your life in comfort and superficial peace.”
“I've had guys, when I've been single, come date me and I've found out they were expecting some kind of whirlwind, some dramatic crazy person-- and that's just not me. I'd much rather be in a movie that people have really strong feelings about than one that makes a hundred million dollars but you can't remember because it's just like all the others.”
“Biggest lesson I've ever had in life is that blues had a baby and they named it rock 'n' roll.”
“Gold diggers are the wife beaters of men!”

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