"Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change."

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Source : Vernor Vinge (2010). “A Fire Upon The Deep”, p.72, Macmillan

Vernor Vinge

#Flexibility Quotes

“Acting isn't the be-all end-all. There are a lot of other things in my life that will bring me joy if I didn't act anymore.”
“Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.”
“My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others!”
“Back before the internet we had a name for people who bought a single copy of our books and lent them to all their friends without charging: we called them "librarians".”
“The best food is in Chicago. There are great restaurants everywhere, from fancy places to burger joints.”
“You see me, I wanted to be fashion designer. I became fashion designer. So I think that everything is possible.”

Source : "Michael Phelps' Top 5 Fundamentals for Pulling Off the Impossible" by Henrik Edberg, www.positivityblog.com. August 22, 2008.
“If Jack Nicklaus can win the Masters at 46, I can win the Kentucky Derby at 54.”
“We don't talk about that at all as a country. I think that most people assume that there's nothing they could do if a nuclear bomb went off in their city. And that's just not true. Most people would survive most terrorist nuclear attacks because the bombs would likely be much smaller than those we were dealing with in the Cold War.”

Source : "Five Ways to Survive Any Disaster". Interview with Jen Quraishi, www.motherjones.com. June 9, 2008.

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