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"If you want to know the value of half a second, ask the person who came second in a sprint event at the Olympics."

"If you want to know the value of a month, ask a pregnant woman, if a month matters in her pregnancy."

"If you want to know the value of a week ask the editor of a weekly magazine if he fails to meet up with the target of his weekly publication."

"Many a man was caused to perish by something that he and many men cherish."

"Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all."

"Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another."

"Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it."
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"People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster."


"The guy who knows about computers is the last person you want to have creating documentation for people who don't understand computers."


"We can learn from IBM's successful history that you don't have to have the best product to become number one. You don't even have to have a good product."


"The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect."


"The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don't realize are computers at all."


"I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow."
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