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"Microsoft claimed it had seen the light. As it turns out, the only light it saw was a potential investigative flashlight" ~ Matt Asay

"Power comes from caring for someone less than they care for you" ~ D. W. Buffa

"You can fool too many of the people too much of the time." ~ James Thurber

"You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance." ~ Ray Bradbury

"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end." ~ Margaret Thatcher

"First they ignore, you then they laugh at you, then they fight you. Then you win." ~ Mahatma Gandhi

"I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs." ~ Samuel Goldwyn

"No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other." ~ Jascha Heifetz

"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety." ~ Isaac Asimov

"I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed." ~ James Thurber

"I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander." ~ Isaac Asimov

"Education is a wonderful thing, provided you always remember that nothing worth knowing can ever be taught." ~ Oscar Wilde

"Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives." ~ Oscar Wilde

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