"Sometimes I get the feeling that we're just a bunch of habits. The gestures we repeat over and over, they're just our need to be recognized. Without them, we'd be unidentifiable. We have to reinvent ourselves every minute."

-- Nicole Krauss

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“I'm off to save the universe again. It's a tough job but someone has to do it, and I'm glad it's me.”
“The injury which may possibly be done by defeating a few good laws, will be amply compensated by the advantage of preventing a number of bad ones.”
“There's one golden rule to keep before you: laugh about everything and don't bother yourself about the others!”

Source : Anne Frank, Rijksinstituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie (Netherlands) (1989). “The diary of Anne Frank: the critical edition”, Viking Pr
“John Carmack, who has become interested in focusing on things other than game development at id, has resigned from the studio. Johnâ€™s work on id Tech 5 and the technology for the current development work at id is complete, and his departure will not affect any current projects. We are fortunate to have a brilliant group of programmers at id who worked with John and will carry on idâ€™s tradition of making great games with cutting-edge technology. As colleagues of John for many years, we wish him well.”

Source : "Doom Creator John Carmack Officially Leaves id Software". Interview with Mitch Dyer, www.ign.com. November 22, 2013.
“I could sum it up in one thing: A guy has to be what he is. He's got to coach and have a philosophy based on his own personality. You see too many coaches trying to imitate other coaches, trying to be someone else. It's all right to emulate the qualities of good coaches but I don't think you should imitate. You've got to be yourself.”
“You know, a song is like a kid. You bring it up. And sometimes something you thought was going to be fantastic, by the time it's finished, is a bit of a disappointment...Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours.”
“Some people are so special, so beautiful and have so much to offer this world. Sad thing is they just donâ€™t see it. They need positive reinforcement. Tell them, 'If you could see only half of what I see in you, then one day you'd realize how truly amazing you really are.”

Source : FaceBook post by Marc Mero from Nov 19, 2016
“If you knew how important you are, you would fragment into a billion pieces and just be light.”

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