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- The bulk of all patents are crap. Spending time reading them is stupid. It's up to the patent owner to do so, and to enforce…
- When you hear voices in your head that tell you to shoot the pope, do you do what they say? Same thing goes for customers…
- Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen…
- By staying neutral, I end up being somebody that everybody can trust. Even if they don't always agree with my decisions, they know I'm not…
- Every once in a while an issue comes up where I have to make a statement. I can't totally avoid all political issues, but I…
- If you start doing things because you hate others and want to screw them over, the end result is bad.
- Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get…
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- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster