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“We cannot think if we have no time to read, nor feel if we are emotionally exhausted, nor out of cheap material create what is permanent. We cannot co-ordinate what is not there.” (Cyril Connolly) Research as a Second Language: The Basic Discipline Source: secondlanguage.blogspot.dk
One of my favorite quotes of all time, probably my very favorite, is this one from Stanley Kubrick: “Sometimes the truth of a thing is not so much in the think of it, as in the feel of it.” [On writing] John Gruber, Paul Graham, Joel Spolsky, and Judge Judy by Matt Linderman of Basecamp …
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What would the 50-something you say to the 20-something you? You’re going to need reserves of determination, and persistence, now, during the high points and right up to the moment you retire, if that ever happens. So, don’t be put off easily. You’re never too young, too inexperienced, too familiar, too old, too traditional, too …