"Wit and puns aren't just decor in the mind; they're essential signs that the mind knows it's on, recognizes its own software, can spot the bugs in its own program."

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Source : "Get Smart" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. April 4, 2011.

Adam Gopnik

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“You can only write by putting words on a paper one at a time.”
“I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don't think I ever fired anybody.”
“There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.”

Source : David Lloyd George (1918). “The Great Crusade: Extracts from Speeches Delivered During the War”
“A lot of people thought this dream must be madness, but we are not crazy.”
“Take a company like GM. For years, people were warning its execs that the company was too dependent on big SUVs and trucks, that it was falling behind other companies in innovation. A lack of knowledge wasn't the problem. And mothers and fathers everywhere try to warn their kids that maybe a giant tattoo isn't such a good idea. Good luck in that fight, Knowledge.”
“Mama tied a blindfold over my eyes. The next thing I felt my flesh was being cut away. I heard the blade sawing back and forth through my skin. The pain between my legs was so intense I wished I would die.”

Source : "Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year 2013 - Sixth-form Category". www.theguardian.com. May 06, 2013.
“I've received a lot of compliments. People come right up to me on the street. They recognize me”
“I feel as though we're living in a time where there is very little distinction paid between the personal and the professional.”

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