"I think a lot of the basis of the open source movement comes from procrastinating students..."

-- Andrew Tridgell

#Procrastination Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Movement Quotes

“I fervently wish no misery ever came near anyone; yet it is that alone that gives us an insight into the depths of our lives, does it not? In our moments of anguish, gates barred forever seem to open and let in many a flood of light.”
“[Decoding the human genome sequence] is the most significant undertaking that we have mounted so far in an organized way in all of science. I believe that reading our blueprints, cataloguing our own instruction book, will be judged by history as more significant than even splitting the atom or going to the moon.”
“You can experience play at work, not because you're messing around or wasting time or something, but because you're looking really deeply and seriously at things and asking what is possible, what can be done with them, what new ideas might emerge?”

Source : Source: app.longform.org
“I live alone with my one dog and they say it like it's a sad, it's a terrible thing. This woman lives alone with her two cats.”
“Why did Africa let Europe cart away millions of Africa's souls from the continent to the four corners of the wind? How could Europe lord it over a continent ten times its size? Why does needy Africa continue to let its wealth meet the needs of those outside its borders and then follow behind with hands outstretched for a loan of the very wealth it let go? How did we arrive at this, that the best leader is the one that knows how to beg for a share of what he has already given away at the price of a broken tool? Where is the future of Africa?”
“To see me as a person on screen would be one of the dullest experiences you could ever wish to experience.”
“My wife and I have a tradition of popcorn and videos with our kids on Friday evenings.”

Source : "My life in shopping". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2008.
“While women certainly have made great strides toward pay parity in the past 30 years, there is still a gap in earnings between men and women in equivalent professions.”

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