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You wouldn't want to be called a sell-out by selling a product. Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school. ↗

— Alan Alda

#business school #called #frowned #major #now

Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta. ↗

— Brian Aldiss

#civilization #distance #himself #his #man

Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places. ↗

— Brian Aldiss

#get #i #letters #lot #people

Who among us is free? Only those who see their chains know what freedom means.-pg. 123 Welland Hevington, A Memoir "The Demon's Daughter ↗

— Emma Holly

#freedom

Mars is there, waiting to be reached. ↗

— Buzz Aldrin

#reached #waiting

In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications. ↗

— Alexander Alekhine

#fear #in my opinion #master #morally #obliged

I decided to do the maximum to hold onto the lead for as long as possible. That is why I pushed so hard from the beginning. I was at 100 percent concentration. ↗

— Jean Alesi

#concentration #decided #hard #hold #i

It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common cases is true; but it is also true, that when some very great and unexpected good news is brought to us, we find it very difficult to credit it. ↗

— Archibald Alexander

#believe #brought #cases #common #commonly

The structure of life I have described in buildings - the structure which I believe to be objective - is deeply and inextricably connected with the human person, and with the innermost nature of human feeling. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#buildings #connected #deeply #described #feeling

I mean, making simulations of what you're going to build is tremendously useful if you can get feedback from them that will tell you where you've gone wrong and what you can do about it. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#build #feedback #get #going #gone