"There are indeed all sorts of men/ who visit here: those who want/ nothing but to talk or hear the soft tones/ of a woman's voice; others prefer/ simply to gaze upon me, my face/ turned from them as they touch/ only themselves. And then there are those,/ of course, whose desires I cannot commit/ to paper."

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Source : Natasha Trethewey (2002). “Bellocq's Ophelia: Poems”, Graywolf Press

Natasha Trethewey

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“Whence shall come the new barbarians? Go through the squalid quarters of great cities, and you may see, even now, their gathering hordes! How shall learning perish? Men will cease to read, and books will kindle fires and be turned into cartridges.”
“The job of the average manager requires a shift in focus every few minutes. The job of the average software developer requires that the developer not shift focus more often than every few hours.”

Source : Steve McConnell (1997). “Software Project Survival Guide”, p.45, Microsoft Press
“Should I not hear, as I lie down in dust, The horns of glory blowing above my burial?”
“Innovation, sending civilians to outer space, mapping the mind, curing cancer - all these things, they're great. Obviously these same companies are also making a lot of money and accumulating a lot of our data at the same time, which seemed like independent things and one is beneficial and one is problematic for us as individuals, but in the rush of the new I think a lot of the philosophical, ethical, moral, and legal questions don't get asked in time. It's not in our nature to pause, sit, meditate, question, debate. We move forward. Technology generally answers itself with more technology.”

Source : Source: www.empireonline.com
“I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity.”

Source : "No-frill thrills: Jil Sander is back". www.interviewmagazine.com. March 17, 2009.
“I have fought too hard and for too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual orientation. I've heard the reasons for opposing civil marriage for same-sex couples. Cut through the distractions, and they stink of the same fear, hatred and intolerance I have known in racism and in bigotry.”
“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.”
“Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.”

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