Quotes
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J. C. R. Licklider

"My "thinking" time was devoted mainly to activities that were essentially clerical or mechanical: searching, calculating, plotting, transforming, determining the logical or dynamic consequences of a set of assumptions or hypotheses, preparing the way for a decision or an insight. Moreover ... the operations that fill most of the time allegedly devoted to technical thinking are operations that can be performed more effectively by machines than by men."

Source : "In memoriam, J.C.R. Licklider, 1915-1990".

J. C. R. Licklider

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“You put the republican members of congress who are up for re-election, and quite candidly, the democrats, because every democratic congressperson ought to be writing, tweeting, and you put them on notice. We are the boss of this government, not the [Donald] Trump.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“That's the reality in the Catholic Church today You don't want to build something that will be OK for now, when you know this large population is going to get bigger.”
“The true optimist not only expects the best to happen, but goes to work to make the best happen. The true optimist not only looks upon the bright side, but trains every force that is in him to produce more and more brightness in his lifeâ€¦.”

Source : Christian D. Larson (2012). “The Optimist Creed”, p.285, Penguin
“Yes, confidence was knowing I could do anything. But, I realized, confidence must always be rooted in work. In sweat. In pain-good pain. And in honesty.”

Source : Duff McKagan (2012). “It's So Easy: And Other Lies”, p.330, Simon and Schuster
“To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people's trash.”
“Last comes the beverage of the Orient shore, Mocha, far off, the fragrant berries bore. Taste the dark fluid with a dainty lip, Digestion waits on pleasure as you sip.”
“What I love about the currawongs is the way in which they appear from nowhere and, for a brief period, rule the garden's soundscape, only to disappear as quickly as they arrived.”
“So many people preach that they love fashion, but really it's what I live for!”

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