"The history of science is full of revolutionary advances that required small insights that anyone might have had, but that, in fact, only one person did."

-- Isaac Asimov

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“Let others probe the mystery if they can.Time-harried prisoners of Shall and Will -The right thing happens to the happy man.”
“We'll continue to see more and more brands integrate social causes, charitable components and environmental issues as underlying themes to their campaigns and messaging. Humans connect with humans after all, and brands are using this as a point of connection to engage with their audience, especially charity-minded Generation Y.”

Source : "What’s Around the Social Media Corner for Brands in 2013" by Amy Jo Martin, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 24, 2013.
“Is not beauty in music too often confused with something which lets the ears lie back in an easy chair?”

Source : Charles Ives (2004). “129 Songs”, p.72, A-R Editions, Inc.
“The best athletes in any sport take stretching very seriously before and after matches. Stretching is instrumental in any athlete's physical success.”

Source : Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com.
“The programmer, who needs clarity, who must talk all day to a machine that demands declarations, hunkers down into a low-grade annoyance. It is here that the stereotype of the programmer, sitting in a dim room, growling from behind Coke cans, has its origins. The disorder of the desk, the floor; the yellow Post-It notes everywhere; the whiteboards covered with scrawl: all this is the outward manifestation of the messiness of human thought. The messiness cannot go into the program; it piles up around the programmer.”

Source : Ellen Ullman (2012). “Close to the Machine: Technophilia and its Discontents”, p.24, Pushkin Press
“Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.”
“was revolution much more than one fast kick forward in the long process called evolution? We condemened the 'cost' of revolution; but was it higher than the cost over centuries in backward, underdeveloped communities, which still covered two-thirds of the earth and which still could not guarantee their populations daily bread?”
“Wasting time is something that people do or feel all over the world, not just in Italy.”

Source : "Paolo Sorrentino Explains How ‘The Great Beauty’ Is About More Than Italy’s Weary Upper Class" by Eric Kohn, www.indiewire.com. November 14, 2013.

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