"You don't have to be responsible for the world that you're in."

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Source : John von Neumann's advice to Richard Feynman as quoted in "Los Alamos from Below" in Richard Feynman "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!", 1985.

John von Neumann

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“The only vulnerable place in our armor is where we ourselves leave it exposed, because God has armed us at all points. He has made us impervious to outside attacks. But when we boil inside, destruction waits upon us.”
“The challenge of photography is to show the thing photographed so that our feelings are awakened and hidden aspects are revealed to us”
“I hate Calvin and Hobbes. I think its a big re-hash of formula kid strips.”
“There's a lot you can't tell about people, looking in from the outside" -Hanna”
“I haven't much time to be fond of anything ... but when I have a moment's fondness to bestow, most times ... the roses get it. I began my life among them in my father's nursery garden, and I shall end my life among them, if I can. Yes. One of these days (please God) I shall retire from catching thieves, and try my hand at growing roses.”

Source : "The Moonstone".
“A plan is only a scenario, and almost by definition, it is optimistic... As a result, scenario planning can lead to a serious underestimate of the risk of failure.”
“The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.”

Source : "Tania Raymonde Talks MTV’s DEATH VALLEY and THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 3D". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 11, 2011.
“Once the law starts asking questions, there's no stopping them.”

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