Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising. There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the `Aha’. Art also has this element. Our job is to remind us that there are more contexts than the one that we’re in — the one that we think is reality. -Alan Kay-
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Road work ahead: Use caution. … End road work. (Cease using caution?)
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It’s almost impossible to go through life all alone. We need to find our support group — family, friends, companion, therapy gatherings, team, church or whatever. The kindergarten admonition applies as long as we live: “When you go out into the world, hold hands and stick together.” It’s dangerous out there — lonely, too. Everyone needs someone. Some assembly is always required. -Robert Fulghum-
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What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience? -Adam Smith-
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Depend upon it, there is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace. -Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)-
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I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. -Bob Dylan-
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Look, up in the sky: It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Nope, it’s just little old me, Underdog.
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Ping, ping, pinnggg! It’s ricochet rabbit!
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This must be Thursday… I never could get the hang of Thursdays. -Arthur Dent, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”-
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For us who wear the uniform, every day is Flag Day. We pay our honor in act and feeling and we have little need of words. -Lt. Collins, “The Sand Pebbles” (Richard McKenna)-