"Essentials of how to do a startup do not include writing a business plan"

-- Steve Blank

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“Deeply buried in the mind, there lies a mechanism that accepts what the mind experiences as beautiful and pleasant and rejects those experiences that are perceived as ugly and painful. This mechanism gives rise to those states of mind that we are training ourselves to avoid-- things like greed, lust, hatred, aversion, and jealousy.”
“And I thanked mi papa who'd always said to me that we, los Indios, the Indians, were like the weeds. That roses you had to water and giver fertilizer or they'd die. But weeds, indigenous plants, you gave them nada-nothing; hell you even poisoned them and put concrete over them, and those weeds would still break the concrete,”

Source : Victor Villasenor (2008). “Burro Genius”, p.21, HarperCollins Español
“Revelation is always measured by capacity.”

Source : Margaret Fairless Barber (1922). “The Roadmender”
“I've seen a lot of movies where a kid my age finds out he's got magical powers and then gets invited to go away to some special school. Well, if I've got an invitation coming, now would be the perfect time to get it”
“There is a momentâ€”Oh, just before the first kiss, a whispered wordâ€”something that makes it worth while.”
“How can you stop writing?”
“Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.”
“The number of people displaced by dams is estimated at between 40 million and 80 million, most of them in China and India. The costs of dams were on average 50% above their original estimate. Some designed to reduce flooding made it worse, and there were many unexpected environmental disadvantages, including the extinction of fish and bird species. Half the world's wetlands had been lost because of dams.”

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