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"Follow the habit of asking, 'How do you know' Never accept opinions as facts. Avoid following free advice. Don't trust information given in a discourteous or slanderous spirit. In asking for information, do not disclose what you wish the information to be." »Unknown
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"...it is a base thing to look to others for your defense instead of depending upon yourself. That defense alone is effectual, sure, and durable which depends upon yourself and your own valor." »Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
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"Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order." »Albert Einstein
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"What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it." »Herbert Simon, economist
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"there will always be pressures and time sin your life when you'll need answers, but coke and the rest offer nothing -- no outlet, no information. And, believe me, you're only as good as your information." »Bob Seger
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"information Superhighway is really an acronym for 'Interactive Network For Organizing, Retrieving, Manipulating, Accessing And Transferring information On National Systems, Unleashing Practically Every Rebellious Human Intelligence, Gratifying Hackers, Wiseacres, And Yahoos'." »Keven Kwaku
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"A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word "but" which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative -- before they tell you.
Thus: "I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but ... " (a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut)." »Frank Mankiewicz
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"A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel." »Heywood Broun
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"Had malice not become a trusted friend to humankind, I should have applauded all technical endeavours." »Lot Chakonza
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"When action grows unprofitable, gather information when information grows unprofitable, sleep." »Ursula K. LeGuin
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"Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavor. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations." »Albert Einstein
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"Data is not information, Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not understanding, Understanding is not wisdom." »Cliff Stoll & Gary Schubert
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"After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest sceintists are always artists as well." »Albert Einstein
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"The bigger the real-life problems, the greater the tendency for the discipline to retreat into a reassuring fantasy-land of abstract theory and technical manipulation." »Tom Naylor
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"At the present rate of progress, it is almost impossible to imagine any technical feat that cannot be achieved - if it can be achieved at all - within the next few hundred years." »Arthur C. Clarke, 1983
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"technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity." »Christopher Zeeman
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"God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere." »Voltaire
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"Humor is just another defense against the universe." »Mel Brooks
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"The best defense against the atom bomb is not to be there when it goes off." »Anonymous
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"Religion is a defense against the experience of God." »Carl Jung
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"The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind." »Maya Angelou
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"Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its one sure defense." »Mark Twain
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"We [Jews] have no other means of self-defense than our solidarity" »Albert Einstein
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"The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders." »Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)
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"A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense." »American Proverb
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"Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused." »King Charles I
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"It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country." »Homer
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"There is no need to run outside for better seeing... Rather abide at the center of your being For the more you leave it the less you learn. Search your heart and see... The way to do is to be." »Lao Tzu
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"Is there a rehab center for Coke drinkers? I drink six to eight cans a day." »Carmen Electra
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"The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband is unworthy of the name of wife." »Elbert Hubbard
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