"Bezos is super smart; don't get me wrong. He just makes ordinary control freaks look like stoned hippies."

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Source : Steve Yegge (2012). “A Programmer's Rantings: On Programming-Language Religions, Code Philosophies, Google Work Culture, and Other Stuff”, p.368, Hyperink Inc

Steve Yegge

#Smart Quotes #Hippie Quotes #Looks Quotes

“I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of our struggle to keep it.”
“I like to say that lighting is about taking the light away. I often like to use the shadows more than the light.”

Source : "Interview: Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond". Interview with Laurence Lerman, www.discdish.com. January 11, 2016.
“Everybody pays lip service to the safety of the aeroplane, but nobody is prepared to pay for it.”
“I really want to try to become a great actress when I get older and continue to do what I'm doing now.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We see only the script and not the paper on which the script is written. The paper is there, whether the script is on it or not. To those who look upon the script as real, you have to say that it is unreal - an illusion - since it rests upon the paper. The wise person looks upon both paper and script as one.”
“I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground.”
“It is a blessing as well as a burden to love so much that you can hurt so badly when love is gone.”

Source : Deborah Harkness (2014). “All Souls Trilogy”, p.257, Penguin
“Even for the most excitable preacher, there was nothing inherently sinful about a waffle.”

Source : Simon Schama (1988). “The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age”, p.189, Univ of California Press

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