"The people who hate SICP are the ones who just want to know how to drive their car on the highway, just like everyone else."

-- Peter Norvig

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“The older we get the less afraid we are.”
“Abraham Lincoln did not contend that his actions were immune from Congressional correction; on the contrary, he specifically said he was acting beyond the present provisions in the expectation that congress would retroactively approve, which they did. He did not say anything like Richard Nixon: if the president does it is legal.”
“Officials are the only guys who can rob you and then get a police escort out of the stadium.”
“None are so fallible as those who are sure they're right.”

Source : William Strunk, Jr., E. B. White (1972). “The Elements of Style”
“It is as easy to create a castle as a button. It's just a matter of whether you're focused on a castle or a button.”
“The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.”

Source : "WindFall: The End of the Affair". Book by William F. Buckley Jr., 1992.
“Some think they are seeking their own soul's truth but the greater Soul is thinking and seeking through them”
“I have always sought to be understood and, while I was taken to task by critics or colleagues, I thought they were right, assuming I had not been clear enough to be understood. This assumption allowed me to work my whole life without hatred and even without bitterness toward criticism, regardless of its source. I counted solely on the clarity of expression of my work to gain my ends. Hatred, rancor, and the spirit of vengeance are useless baggage to the artist. His road is difficult enough for him to cleanse his soul of everything which could make it more so.”

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