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Aleksey Trufanov
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#1
“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
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Bertrand Russell
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#2
“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
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Ayn Rand
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#3
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
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Dr. Seuss
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#4
“Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.”
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Natalie Babbitt,
Tuck Everlasting
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life
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#5
“All programmers are optimists”
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Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
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#6
“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
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George Bernard Shaw
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#7
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”
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C.S. Lewis,
The Four Loves
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#8
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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Bernard M. Baruch
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#9
“Человек, который много, но плохо читал, заслуживает скорее жалости, чем похвалы, за то, что так бездарно потратил время и усилия.”
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Mortimer J. Adler,
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
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#10
“I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”
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Jerome K. Jerome
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#11
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
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Oscar Wilde,
The Happy Prince and Other Stories
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#12
“You can do anything, but not everything.”
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David Allen
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#13
“Способность быть производительным прямо пропорциональна способности расслабляться.”
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David Allen,
Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done
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productivity
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#14
“Знание своих текущих обязательств способствует правильному выбору новых.”
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David Allen,
Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done
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#15
“Эффективность системы обратно пропорциональна сосредоточенности на ней”
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David Allen,
Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done
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#16
“Вы не можете выиграть игру, правил которой не знаете”
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David Allen,
Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done
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#17
“Сочувствие — удел сильных духом”
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Шань Са,
Играющая в го
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#18
“…Смотрели телевизор. Там Орбакайте надела неудачные ноги. Как обычно.”
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Слава Сэ,
Сантехник, его кот, жена и другие подробности
tags:
humor
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#19
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
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Groucho Marx
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#20
“...фантазия расстроенной женщины шире возможностей бога”
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Слава Сэ
tags:
humor
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#21
“Барды нормальные люди, просто не давайте им петь”
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Слава Сэ,
Сантехник, его кот, жена и другие подробности
tags:
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#22
“Красивая и неприятно замужняя”
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Слава Сэ,
Сантехник, его кот, жена и другие подробности
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humorous
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#23
“Вы же знаете наших русских мам. Пока зять жив, они будут творить добро”
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Слава Сэ,
Сантехник, его кот, жена и другие подробности
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humor
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#24
“Рядовой художник лишь выявляет существующие связи; великий же художник создает новые, удивительные комбинации, показывая нам возможности гармоничного соединения, казалось бы, разнородных элементов”
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Джеймс Линкольн Коллиер,
Становление джаза
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#25
“В жизни и в характере рядового художника мы всегда можем обнаружить, откуда он черпал свои идеи, – встречаясь с гением, мы зачастую не в состоянии понять, как он пришел к столь поразительным открытиям.”
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Джеймс Линкольн Коллиер,
Становление джаза
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#26
“Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.”
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Carlos Ruiz Zafon,
The Shadow of the Wind
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#27
“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”
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St. Francis Of Assisi,
The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi
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#28
“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
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Anaïs Nin
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#29
“So many books, so little time.”
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Frank Zappa
tags:
books
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#30
“Фсе сделано изтово, кто смотрет. Потому что издругово это сделать нельзя.”
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Victor Pelevin
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