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Things Quotes by Aaron Swartz
- Creativity comes from applying things you learn in other fields to the field you work in.
- Think deeply about things. Don’t just go along because that’s the way things are or that’s what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the…
- Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.
- What is "this drive"? It's the tendency to not simply accept things as they are but to want to think about them, to understand them.…
- Normally, I just sit in my quiet little room and do the small things that bring me pleasures. I read my books, I answer email,…
- Seriously, who really cares how long the Nile river is, or who was the first to discover cheese? How is memorizing that ever going to…
- Now, the typical way you make good things happen in Washington is you find a bunch of wealthy companies who agree with you.
- Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized…
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- Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and… — Francis Bacon
- I find a lot of things kind of funny and I often say what's on my mind, and then get nine texts… — Kate Beckinsale
- If I were an actor I could be someone, someone who'd always know the right things to say. But as soon as… — Superman
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Change in all things is sweet. — Aristotle
- In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. — Aristotle