"Which, the first meeting with anybody is, you know, everybody is on their best behavior. It's only after you get to know them for a while that you figure out."

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Source : Stanford University interview, silicongenesis.stanford.edu. November 12, 2002.

Arthur Rock

#Firsts Quotes #Behavior Quotes #Figures Quotes

“Don't walk next to me, it looks gay.”
“If my face was covered, I would be useless.”
“I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful.”
“We are born haunted, he said, his voice weak, but still clear. Haunted by our fathers and mothers and daughters, and by people we don't remember. We are haunted by otherness, by the path not taken, by the life unlived. We are haunted by the changing winds and the ebbing tides of history. And even as our own flame burns brightest, we are haunted by the embers of the first dying fire. But mostly, said Lord Jim, we are haunted by ourselves.”

Source : Jonathan Evison (2012). “West of Here”, p.465, Algonquin Books
“although it has been said that idle hands are the devil's workshop, when it comes to teenagers, both idle and active hands are the devil's workshop.”
“I just turned 50. 50's like the new 49 and nothing better, let me tell you.”
“Campo, as everyone in chess recognized, had a 2600 rating as a politician.”
“There's good chances and bad chances, and nobody's luck is pulled only by one string.”

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