Amory B. Lovins (1947) American physicist
Missing the Market Meltdown http://www.newsweek.com/id/137501 (May 2008)
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John Green (1977) American author and vlogger
Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself. <br class="br">John Green asks himself "Why is being a nerd bad?" in July 27: How Nerdfighters Drop Insults http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy1M5VHF3no <br class="br">YouTube
“Straight edge means I'm drug free, alcohol free, and better than you.”
Phil Brooks (1978) American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
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Source: Straight Edge significa che sono libero da droghe, libero dall'alcol e migliore di voi]
“You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.”
Marvin Minsky (1927–2016) American cognitive scientist
In Managing an Information Security and Privacy Awareness and Training Program (2005) by Rebecca Herold, p. 101
“It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
“Tis very strange Men should be so fond of being thought wickeder than they are.”
Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) English trader, writer and journalist
A System of Magick (1726).
“In all the land there is only one you, possibly two, but seldom more than sixteen.”
Amy Sedaris (1961) American comedian
Source: I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
“I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate.”
George Burns (1896–1996) American comedian, actor, and writer
“And I knew that it was better to live out one's own absurdity than to die for that of others.”
Ralph Ellison book Invisible Man
Variant: And I knew that it was better to live out one's own absurdity than to die for that of others.
Source: Invisible Man (1952), Chapter 25.
“We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past.”
Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher
“Maybe I was more alone than anyone in the whole wide world. Maybe that was okay.”
Cheryl Strayed book Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Source: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.”
Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer
Source: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose