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Work is the curse of the drinking classes.<br> | Work is the curse of the drinking classes.<br> | ||
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Des chercheurs qui cherchent, on en trouve,<br> | Des chercheurs qui cherchent, on en trouve,<br> | ||
mais des chercheurs qui trouvent, on en cherche.<br> | mais des chercheurs qui trouvent, on en cherche.<br> | ||
| − | [Charles de Gaulle] | + | [ [[Wikipedia:De_Gaulle|Charles de Gaulle]] ] |
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Il y a des gens qui ont une bibliotheque<br> | Il y a des gens qui ont une bibliotheque<br> | ||
Comme des eunuques ont un harem.<br> | Comme des eunuques ont un harem.<br> | ||
| − | [Victor Hugo] | + | [ [[Wikipedia:Victor_Hugo|Victor Hugo]] ] |
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To learn something new, take the path today that you took yesterday.<br> | To learn something new, take the path today that you took yesterday.<br> | ||
| − | [John Burroughs] | + | [ [[Wikipedia:John_Burroughs|John Burroughs]] ] |
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|On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit and you then go for this limit and you touch this limit and you think, ok, this is the limit. And so you touch this limit, something happens and you can suddenly go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, the experience as well, you can fly very high.<br> | |On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit and you then go for this limit and you touch this limit and you think, ok, this is the limit. And so you touch this limit, something happens and you can suddenly go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, the experience as well, you can fly very high.<br> | ||
| − | [Ayrton Senna] | + | [ [[Wikipedia:Ayrton_Senna|Ayrton Senna]] ] |
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|Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.<br> | |Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.<br> | ||
| − | [Edsger W. Dijkstra] | + | [ [[Wikipedia:Edsger W. Dijkstra|Edsger W. Dijkstra]] ] |
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|Do only what you can do.<br> | |Do only what you can do.<br> | ||
| − | [attributed to Edsger W. Dijkstra] | + | [attributed to [[Wikipedia:Edsger W. Dijkstra|Edsger W. Dijkstra]] ] |
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|You must not give the world what it asks for, but what it needs.<br> | |You must not give the world what it asks for, but what it needs.<br> | ||
| − | [attributed to Edsger W. Dijkstra] | + | [attributed to [[Wikipedia:Edsger W. Dijkstra|Edsger W. Dijkstra]] ] |
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|All religions are auld wives' fables, but an honest man has nothing to fear, either in this world or the world to come.<br> | |All religions are auld wives' fables, but an honest man has nothing to fear, either in this world or the world to come.<br> | ||
| − | [Robert Burns] | + | [ [[Wikipedia:Robert_Burns|Robert Burns]] ] |
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|Never allow yourself to hate a people because of the actions of a few. Hatred and bigotry destroyed my nation, and millions died. I would hope that most people did not hate Germans because of the Nazis, or Americans because of slaves. Never hate, it only eats you alive. Keep an open mind and always look for the good in people. You may be surprised at what you find.<br> | |Never allow yourself to hate a people because of the actions of a few. Hatred and bigotry destroyed my nation, and millions died. I would hope that most people did not hate Germans because of the Nazis, or Americans because of slaves. Never hate, it only eats you alive. Keep an open mind and always look for the good in people. You may be surprised at what you find.<br> | ||
| − | [Erich Hartmann, WWII German fighter pilot, claimed 352 aerial victories] | + | [ [[Wikipedia:Erich_Hartmann|Erich Hartmann]], WWII German fighter pilot, claimed 352 aerial victories] |
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|If you're going through hell, keep going.<br> | |If you're going through hell, keep going.<br> | ||
| − | [attributed to Winston Churchill] | + | [attributed to [[Wikipedia:Winston_Churchill|Winston Churchill]] ] |
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Revision as of 12:33, 14 February 2019
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Ante scriptum
- The content of this page represents some of the inspirations of my life.
- It is greatly inspiring to reason about, express, and share one's inspirations. It is also inspiring to hear or read about other people's inspirations and thoughts. These are the reasons explaining the existence of this page.
- As respective inspirations' magnitudes vary in time, all are listed here in alphabetical order and not in order of magnitude.
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