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Candide
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Qu'est-ce qu'optimisme ? disait Cacambo. — Hélas ! dit Candide, c'est la rage de soutenir que tout est bien quand on est mal.
“The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small”
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“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
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“The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.”
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“There are few sources of energy so powerful as a procrastinating college student.”
― Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
― Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
“If you’re thinking without writing, you only think you’re thinking.”
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