"I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals of Linux and Windows are simply so different."

-- Linus Torvalds

#Goal Quotes #Competition Quotes #Trying Quotes

“I love eating sushi and eating raw and clean - no pasta and bread. Low carbs is what works for me.”
“Now, it it well known that one cannot step on a tack without saying something about it.”

Source : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.103, Applewood Books
“People rarely bring flowers to a suicide.”

Source : Jennifer Niven (2015). “All the Bright Places”, p.303, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“With the MacArthur grant, I realized that people have high expectations of me, that they were placing me in this group of achievers. I compared what Id actually achieved in my life with what I would like to achieve and what other people have achieved, and I found that comparison depressing.”
“Slander reveals the greatest truth about the coward implementing it.”
“Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.”
“Don't get me wrong - I love Jason Kidd. He's a great point guard (But) how am I comparing myself to him when I think I'm the best point guard to play basketball? That doesn't make any sense. I mean, how can I sit here and compare myself to somebody if I already think I'm the best?I'm telling you what it is: I know I'm the best point guard in the NBA. I don't need anybody else to tell me that. When I go on the basketball court, if I think about what you're all saying, I'll lose my mind.”
“Nothing keeps me in such awe as perfect beauty; now, there is something consoling and encouraging in ugliness.”

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