See Randomness...

From Paul Graham's essay: 'See Randomness'

"Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence."
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A more general version of the above statement is an answer to the Greeks:
Don't see purpose where there isn't.
Or better still, the positive version:
See randomness.

Honesty & Integrity

Honesty is being truthful with others. Integrity is being truthful with ourselves.
- Clif Reichard, a sales consultant for Ball Corporation

All work and no play

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,
All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.

-James Howell's Proverbs in English, Italian, French and Spanish (1659)

All work and no play makes jack($). And plenty of it.

-unknown 

Spiderman Quotes

Thanks prof for reminding me of these quotes-

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Some quotable quotes - SPIDERMAN

Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: "With great power comes great responsibility." This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I'm Spider-man.
-Peter Parker (Spiderman 1)

We are who we choose to be.
- The Green Goblin (Spiderman 1)

Whatever comes our way, whatever battle we have raging inside us, we always have a choice. My friend Harry taught me that. He chose to be the best of himself.
It's the choices that make us who we are, and we can always choose to do what's right.
-Peter Parker (Spiderman 3)

Contradictions..

Richard Bach-

In life, there are no contradictions.
If you find a contradiction, check your basic premise.
You will find it was wrong in some way..

HARRY POTTER SERIES!!

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Dumbledore: It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself


Only a person who wanted to find the Stone - find it, but not use it - would be able to get it. That is one of my more brilliant ideas. And between you and me, that is saying something. 

It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, 1999

Gilderoy Lockhart
Fame is a fickle friend Harry. Celebrity is as celebrity does. Remember that.

You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open. J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

 

It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more. J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince 

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

 

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

 

 

 

The consequences of our actions are so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed. J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

 

There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

 

 

 

 

!!PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS!!

(voice-over) It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking: How did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue. And maybe we can actually never have it, no matter what. How did he know that?

(voice-over) This part of my life... this part right here? This part is called "being happy".


-- Christopher Gardner in the pursuit of Happyness