"Learning. It's really the primary reason behind everything I do. Programming, entrepreneuring, writing."

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Derek Sivers

#Writing Quotes #Reason Quotes #Programming Quotes

“The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a word, I have tried to be objective. What I mean by objectivity is not the objectivity of a machine, but of a sensible human being with the mystery of personal selection at the heart of it. The second challenge has been to impose order onto the things seen and to supply the visual context and the intellectual framework - that to me is the art of photography.”
“Fondly we think we honor merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men.”
“Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.”
“I don't really like groups that make the same statement over and over again. It's good, but kind of predictable.”
“She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars.”
“God wonâ€™t give you more than you can handle.â€™â€ Holiday chuckled. â€œAnd we just wish He didnâ€™t trust us so much, right?”
“America touts itself as the land of the free, but the number one freedom that you and I have is the freedom to enter into a subservient role in the workplace. Once you exercise this freedom youâ€™ve lost all control over what you do, what is produced, and how it is produced. And in the end, the product doesnâ€™t belong to you. The only way you can avoid bosses and jobs is if you donâ€™t care about making a living. Which leads to the second freedom: the freedom to starve.”

Source : "Modern Happiness: Springsteen and the American Dream" by Craig Werner, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 24, 2012.
“Violence is the easy way out and it only leads to more violence. We need people in this world who are willing to find solutions through peace, through communication, honesty and diplomacy. World peace may seem impossible, but it's worth aiming for.”

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