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Our men and women in uniform put their lives on the line for our nation every day; they should not have to jeopardize their financial well-being as well. ↗

— Mark Pryor

#every #every day #financial #jeopardize #line

I learned more from the one restaurant that didn't work than from all the ones that were successes. ↗

— Wolfgang Puck

#learned #more #ones #restaurant #successes

Tomorrow is not promised to any of us. ↗

— Kirby Puckett

#promised #tomorrow #us

I was told I would never make it because I'm too short. Well, I'm still too short. It doesn't matter what your height is, it's what's in your heart. ↗

— Kirby Puckett

#heart #height #i #make #matter

Babbage had most of this system sketched out by 1837, but the first true computer to use this programmable architecture didn’t appear for more than a hundred years. ↗

— Steven Johnson

#innovation #architecture

Friendship and money: oil and water. ↗

— Mario Puzo

#money #oil #water

If you are eager to find the reason I became the Kvothe they tell stories about, you could look there, I suppose." Chronicler's forehead wrinkled. "What do you mean, exactly?" Kvothe paused for a long moment, looking down at his hands. "Do you know how many times I've been beaten over the course of my life?" Chronicler shook his head. Looking up, Kvothe grinned and tossed his shoulders in a nonchalant shrug. "Neither do I. You'd think that sort of thing would stick in a person's mind. You'd think I would remember how many bones I've had broken. You'd think I'd remember the stitches and bandages." He shook his head. "I don't. I remember that young boy sobbing in the dark. Clear as a bell after all these years." Chronicler frowned. "You said yourself that there was nothing you could have done." "I could have," Kvothe said seriously, "and I didn't. I made my choice and I regret it to this day. Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#sad-but-true #sword-sentiments #life

Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#book #erred #helped #interpretations #me

Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some people went there, but I never would. I'd spend all my life without ever going to China, but it wouldn't matter, because there was all the rest of the world to visit. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#being #being in love #china #doubt #ever

Plato says that the unexamined life is not worth living. But what if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well? ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#life #meaning-of-life #plato #socrates #unexamined-life