"If you always win, then you're probably doing something wrong."

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Scott Aaronson

#Winning Quotes

“People want to know those details. They think it gives them greater insight into a piece of art, but when they approach a painting in such a manner, they are belittling both the artistâ€™s work and their own ability to experience it. Each painting I do says everything I want to say on its subject and in terms of that painting, and not all the trivia in the world concerning my private life will give the viewer more insight into it than what hangs there before their eyes. Frankly, as far as Iâ€™m concerned, even titling a work is an unnecessary concession.”
“Keeping the commandments . . . is at once a demonstration of our intelligence, our knowledge, our character, and our wisdom.”
“In the days of Moses and the prophets such a man would have been counted among the wise men of the land; in the Middle Ages he would have been burned at the stake.”
“Really? If I could hate my trainer? That would be ideal. I'd prefer to despise this person with the fire of ten thousand suns. So when I walk - nay, crawl - out of here at the end of my workouts, I want to lull myself to sleep by picturing my very talented and inspirational trainer getting hit by a bus. A bus that I am driving.”

Source : Jen Lancaster (2007). “Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?”, p.352, Penguin
“Patria est communis omnium parens. Our country is the common parent of all.”
“My anger thought you too ignoble for my love, and close examination finds you too magnificent, and only equals are joined together smoothly.”
“To listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of becoming present. Even if there is noise, there is always some silence underneath and in between the sounds. Listening to the silence immediately creates stillness inside you.”
“As for blondes having more fun, well, let me dispel that rumor forever. They do.”

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