"Shareware tends to combine the worst of commercial software with the worst of free software."

-- Linus Torvalds

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“The key to economic prosperity is the organized creation of dissatisfaction.”
“Affliction brings out graces that cannot be seen in a time of health. It is the treading of the grapes that brings out the sweet juices of the vine; so it is affliction that draws forth submission, weanedness from the world, and complete rest in God. Use afflictions while you have them.”
“Cuban mechanics obviously have to be the best mechanics in the world.They're going to figure out all sorts of things to do.”

Source : "In Cuba, Hints of Dramatic Change Emerge from Fidel Castro". "PBS Newshour" with Margaret Warner, www.pbs.org. September 15, 2010.
“I guess I had what you could call an unconventional upbringing.”
“Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed.”
“Sometimes when you open the door to the past, what you confront is your destiny.”
“Rationalism doesn't require "belief," only observation. The real, measurable world doesn't care what you believe.”

Source : Joe Haldeman (2008). “The Accidental Time Machine”, p.82, Penguin
“I wasn't trying to be different; I just did what I liked. Don't misunderstand when I say I really had no particular DP I was aspiring to be. I really fell in love with the movies as I was growing up, and I must say, I was emulating things that I saw others doing, thatâ€™s how you learn, but you soon have to push past that, and do things that you feel are rightâ€¦ or better.”

Source : Interview with John Lingan, www.splicetoday.com. January 28, 2009.

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