"Solyndra will be remembered in the history books as a sad hallmark of a newly installed administration that felt it was above the rules, ***** for positive headlines rather than focused on delivering results."

-- Fred Upton

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“There are a lot of new things going on in the microprocessor world, including increased focus on power and efficiency.”
“That is to say, politics is essentially about the management of fear, an economy of fear, continually adjusting the level of fear to produce the right level of affect in the citizenry.”

Source : Simon Critchley (2008). “Infinitely Demanding: Ethics of Commitment, Politics of Resistance”, Verso Books
“Of all the phantoms fleeting in the mist Of time, though meagre all and ghostly thin; Most unsubstantial, unessential shade Was earthly fame.”

Source : Robert Pollok (1829). “The Course of Time: A Poem, in Ten Books”, p.81
“The curse of modern times is, that almost everything does create controversy.”

Source : Horace Walpole, John Wright, George Agar-Ellis Dover (1st baron) (1840). “The letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: including numerous letters now first published from the original manuscripts”, p.267
“I'm more than a little suspicious of humor in poems, because I think it can at times be a way of getting a reaction out of a reader, or an audience, that is something closer to relief: i.e., thank god this isn't poetry, but stand-up comedy. Some poets are really funny, but more often poets are fourth rate stand up comics at best. But they benefit from the sheer relief of the audience.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Do let him read the papers. But not while you accusingly tiptoe around the room, or perch much like a silent bird of prey on the edge of your most uncomfortable chair. (He will read them anyway, and he should read them, so let him choose his own good time.) Don't make a big exit. Just go. But kiss him quickly, before you go, otherwise he might think you are angry; he is used to suspecting he is doing something wrong.”
“No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.”
“The advantage is that mathematics is a field in which one's blunders tend to show very clearly and can be corrected or erased with a stroke of the pencil.”

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