Quotes
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When I was fucking a Lot of Men By Paula Harris
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that stupid thing that people say that sounds deep and smart and uplifting, you have to love yourself before anyone else can love you, they’re wrong, some of us need someone else to love us to show us that we can be loved, to teach us how to love ourselves by letting us copy them,…
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Staying Technical by Staying in the Arena
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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who…
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70% Confident
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For most decisions in software development, this balance of confidence and uncertainty is great. One thing that I do differently is to also ask the question of how easy it is to rollback a decision. When the decision is easy to change, going with more uncertainty (possibly more than the 30% Daniel talks about) is…
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Straighten your back up
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Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can’t ride your back unless it is bent. Martin Luther King Jr – I Have Been To The Mountaintop It’s the Third Monday in May, so as is my norm, I listened to Dr. King’s final speech. Previously: 2012, 2016.
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I’d Really Rather You Didn’t…
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I’d Really Rather You Didn’t Challenge The Bigoted, Misogynist, Hateful Ideas Of Others On An Empty Stomach. Eat, Then Go After The Bitches. #5 on the 8 “I’d really rather you didn’ts” list, aka the sacred suggestions given by Flying Spaghetti Monster.
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I Have Been To The Mountaintop
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We don’t have to argue with anybody. We don’t have to curse and go around acting bad with our words. We don’t need any bricks and bottles. We don’t need any Molotov cocktails. Every year on the third Monday in January, the US celebrates Dr. King’s birthday, and I celebrate by listening his final speech. I encourage…