#ill

The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called "life", expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#animal #being #being prepared #called #circus

It's a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#ago #finally #how #i #learn

I don't need to scare the other athletes. When I'm running, I will scare them. ↗

— Yohan Blake

#i #need #other #running #scare

The world is changing. Networks without a specific branding strategy will be killed. I envision a world of highly niched services and tightly run companies without room for all the overhead the established networks carry. ↗

— Barry Diller

#changing #companies #envision #established #highly

On the other hand, for the whole human being who wills, feels, and represents, external reality is given simultaneously and with as much certitude as his own self. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

#certitude #external #feels #given #hand

Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#because #beings #come #doing #face

Pop music will never be low brow. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#low #music #never #pop #pop music