“It is what you don't expect… that most needs looking for.”
Source: Anathem
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American science fiction writer 1959Related quotes
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2022, March 2022, State of the Union Address
“You can never get enough of what you don't need, because what you don't need won't satisfy you.”
Joy and Mercy http://www.lds.org/ensign/1991/11/joy-and-mercy, Dallin H. Oaks, November 1991
“Never expect God to do for you what you don't do to others.”
“That which you most need will be found where you least want to look.”
“What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow”
"Beautiful Day"
Lyrics, All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)
A Conversation with Ward Cunningham (2003), Exploring with Wiki
Context: I'm not a fan of classification. It's very difficult to come up with a classification scheme that's useful when what you're most interested in is things that don't fit in, things that you didn't expect. But some people decided that every page should carry classification. They came up with a scheme, based on page names, to establish a classification structure for a wiki. And these people who care about classification maintain it.
“Blow the candle out, I don't need to see what my thoughts look like.”
Source: Germinal