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“to cheat your way into a job bigger than your mind can handle is to become a fear-corroded ape on borrowed motions… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
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I am like a machine being driven to excessive rotations: the bearings are incandescing and, in a minute, melted metal will begin… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
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It is widely accepted and understood that consumer decisions are as much influenced by emotional attachments to a product or service as… — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
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It's hard for us to imagine, as humans, that we'll become less powerful. But it'll be healthier for the planet and for… — Andrea Riseborough Copy Share Image
I remember having a discussion at some stage and saying a coffee machine would do well in the training ground. Everyone was… — Vincent Kompany Copy Share Image
When I visit a new bookstore, I demand cleanliness, computer monitors, and rigorous alphabetization. When I visit a secondhand bookstore, I prefer… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
Failure's inevitable. It happens all the time in a complex economy. And how did the economy produce all these amazing things that… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
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Although I am not averse to wasting a few hours playing computer games, I have never tried my hand at Doom. Judging… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
your culture has become sophisticated, like a computer, or a drug that you take for a headache. You can use it, but… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
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The young man shivered. He rolled the stock themes of fantasy over in his mind: cars and stockbrokers and commuters, housewives and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
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