"Simplicity design axiom: The complexity of the information appliance is that of the task, not the tool. The technology is invisible."

-- Donald A. Norman

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“Everything about morality and obligations I owe to football.”
“I don't think we'll ever know all there is to know about gardening, and I'm just as glad there will always be some magic about it!”

Source : Barbara Damrosch (2003). “The Garden Primer”, p.2, Rodale
“Social standing does not necessarily translate to social acceptance.”

Source : Alexandra Robbins (2011). “The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory, and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School”, p.58, Hachette UK
“There was a poor poet named Clough, Whom his friends all united to puff, But the public, though dull, Had not such a skull As belonged to believers in Clough.”
“The doctors take the bodily evidence as the disease. . . . disease is itself an impudent opinion. He throws off the feelings of the sick and imparts to them his own which are perfect health, and his explanation destroys their feelings or disease. . . . He is like a captain who knows his business and feels confident in a storm, and his confidence sustains the crew and ship when both would be lost if the captain should give way to his fears.”
“I should coldly, clinically think of myself and stop worrying about other people, as though I'm a necessary woman, indispensable to their happiness and well-being. Self-preservation is the first law. I must start trying to obey the law.”

Source : Helen Van Slyke (1988). “Helen Van Slyke, three complete novels”, Random House Value Pub
“I'm surrounded by it. I have so many lovely people around me who are supportive, gentle, kind and considerate. I'm so grateful for every day that I'm on the planet and that continues to be so.”
“Some people are asking me questions like this is a more shocking subject, which is so strange.”

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