Computer Quote by Merlin Mann

“If you need to appear on an internet list to know whether you're someone's friend, you may have problems a computer can't solve.”

Merlin Mann

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“Getting organized just means you’ve glued handles onto the various stuff in your life — you’ll still need to pick it up and carry…

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Make the time to be scared of more interesting things.

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Personally, it's changed my game - it's how I think now. Can't imagine writing more than a paragraph in anything that doesn't do MMD.

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Where you allow your attention to go ultimately says more about you as a human being than anything that you put in your mission…

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Everything takes more time than you thought, everything costs more money than you thought, and almost everything turns out not quite as cool as…

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People with tiny glasses and costly shoes can always find a couple of hours to explain how you did it all wrong.

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Feeling creative produces great work in approximately the same way that "feeling like a doctor" makes you a gifted thoracic surgeon.

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Creative work only seems like a magic trick to people who don't understand that it's ultimately still work.

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Creative work, summarized: In the time you set aside each day to work your ass off, ignore anything that makes you consider stopping.

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You're gonna die. You're gonna die. And nobody's gonna care which version of the iPhone you used to make something on Twitter, or to go and post about your bowel movement on Facebook. And I'm not even talking about legacy; I'm talking about the fact that I personally feel most alive when I'm making something, and I feel least alive…

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“Put plainer, my sense is that western culture would be a damn sight poorer today if John Lennon had been forced to carry a…

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I think all of the best nonfiction that has ever been made comes from the result of someone who can't stop thinking about a…

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We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body.

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“To all the secret writers, late-night painters, would-be singers, lapsed and scared artists of every stripe, dig out your paintbrush, or your flute, or your dancing shoes. Pull out your camera or your computer or your pottery wheel. Today, tonight, after the kids are in bed or when your homework is done, or instead of one more video game or…

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