"We were language's magpies by nature, stealing whatever sounded bright and shiny."

-- Salman Rushdie

#Language Quotes #Stealing Quotes #Magpies Quotes

“Why does man need a meaning to life?â€”
“Fifteen years ago, nobody thought that content would ever work as a business. It was impossible to raise any money, initial investments were $10,000, seldom $100,000. It is only over the last two or three years that we have started to see very large amounts of capital coming into the digital industry. That has created a lot more competition.”

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“The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present.”
“The heart of their [Walsingham Witnesses] religion seemed to lie in disproving the religion of others.”
“[I love] anything chocolate, anytime, anywhere.”
“I'm a big thinker, and sometimes I think too much, and my brain can get in the way of myself.”
“I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.”
“Engineers are not superhuman. They make mistakes in their assumptions, in their calculations, in their conclusions. That they make mistakes is forgivable; that they catch them is imperative. Thus it is the essence of modern engineering not only to be able to check one's own work but also to have one's work checked and to be able to check the work of others.”

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