

“The spirit of resistance to government,” Jefferson wrote, “is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.”
― Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
― Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

“If you believe that the qualities defining you are carved in stone, you will be stuck trying to prove them over and over again, regardless of the circumstances. But if you have a growth mindset, you believe the qualities that define you can be modified and cultivated through effort.”
― How Google Works
― How Google Works

“Giving the customer what he wants is less important than giving him what he doesn’t yet know he wants.”
― How Google Works
― How Google Works

“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
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