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  1. You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. |
     

    Mankind

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  2. Brevity is the soul of wit. |
     

    Writing & copywriting

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  3. Many of our interfaces are really just ways to try to repackage time so that it’s meaningful, so that we can do stuff with it. It’s not that there isn’t enough time but rather that there’s too much of it. |
     

    Design

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  4. I can never remember if we are supposed to live each day as it were our last, or if it’s the first day of the rest of our lives. |
     

    Happiness

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  5. The only unit of time that matters is heartbeats. |
     

    Life and Death

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  6. Do not confuse what's important with what's impressive. |
     

    Career

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  7. How do I know what I think until I see what I say? |
     

    Design

    #291

  8. Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. |
     

    Knowledge & Intelligence

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  9. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. |
     

    Work

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  10. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. |
     

    Technology

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  11. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. |
     

    Technology

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  12. Wherever I found a living creature, there I found the will to power. |
     

    Life and Death

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  13. My arse contemplates those who talk behind my back. |
     

    Struggle, challenges and difficulties

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  14. No one comes to a website for the design. Just like no one goes to the theater for the seating. But your ass enjoys a good seat. |
     

    Design

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  15. Never, ever, ever let them call you a “creative”. It’s a way to be disenfranchised. You are a designer. It’s not magic, it’s a trade. |
     

    Design

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  16. Confidence doesn’t come from knowing you’re right—it comes from being okay with failing. |
     

    Struggle, challenges and difficulties

    #279

  17. A good designer finds an elegant way to put everything you need on a page. A great designer convinces you half that shit is unnecessary. |
     

    Design

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  18. If you plan for less than your capacity, you get less done than you could have. If you plan for more than your capacity, you get less done than you could have. |
     

    Work

    #277

  19. You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults. |
     

    Love

    #275

  20. The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. |
     

    #273

  21. Don't be 'a writer'. Be writing. |
     

    Work

    #272

  22. You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. |
     

    Career

    #271

  23. Go where your heart directs you. |
     

    Career

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  24. Everyone talks about leaving a better planet for our kids. Let’s try to leave better kids for our planet. |
     

    Knowledge & Intelligence

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