"The Analytical Engine] might act upon other things besides number, were objects found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed by those of the abstract science of operations, and which should be also susceptible of adaptations to the action of the operating notation and mechanism of the engineâ€¦ Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent."

-- Ada Lovelace

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“the present Western civilization ... is dominated by the extravert viewpoint. There are plenty of reasons for this domination: extraverts are more vocal than introverts; they are more numerous, apparently in the ratio of three to one; and they are accessible and understandable, whereas the introverts are not readily understandable, even to each other, and are likely to be thoroughly incomprehensible to the extraverts.”

Source : Isabel Briggs Myers, Peter B. Myers (1995). “Gifts differing: understanding personality type”, Davies-Black Publishing
“I've been writing songs since I was 14 years old, and that's my true love.”
“As you dissolve into love, your ego fades. Youâ€™re not thinking about loving; youâ€™re just being love, radiating like the sun.”
“There's no silver spoon treatment in this place.”
“You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are different from what other people are writing.”
“Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.”
“All I got to be is be happy.”

Source : Song: Blow Away, Album: George Harrison
“I still give myself the right to be highly critical of others, though.”

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