"One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story."

-- John Hope Franklin

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“To worry is to acknowledge that the world is unpredictable, and there is power in understanding one's own powerlessness at times. But too often worry takes on life of its own. Men are quite prone to this. They'll plague themselves with so many 'what if's and 'if only's that they soon forget to ponder the true possibilities before them. Which inevitably lead to poor decisions. Whatever happens will happen. Sometimes we have say over the future. Sometimes we don't. Either way, worrying alone never accomplishes anything.”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 26, 2015
“With my son, I work very hard to keep him away from the press and media and I want an opportunity for him to lead as normal a life as possible.”
“I think it's shameful when you sell out. It depends what kind of artist you wanna be, but I don't want my name anywhere near another brand.”
“All men are mortal. Socrates was mortal. Therefore, all men are Socrates.”
“Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one.”

Source : Brian W. Kernighan, P. J. Plauger (1978). “The Elements of Programming Style”, Computing McGraw-Hill
“Your body gets old but your mind can always accept that.”

Source : Source: medium.com
“Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.”
“I believe that one of the great pleasures that we derive from voyaging is that of independence, and we have found that the best guarantee of that independence comes from simplicity.”

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