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when friendship becomes a burden, then it is no longer friendship. (1986.02.19)
do blind eyes mirror the soul? (86.03.12)
judge yourself by what you know, not what you should have known.
the fact that the moon is moving keeps it where it is.
design apparel majors don’t appear in stories.
we place ourselves in a society of our choice. commit to the choices, or change them.
some of my poetry commits suicide.
the good thing about being a god is that you can hide anywhere you want.
hipeoise, a social caste
the best know the distance between themselves and perfection.
the gap grows when we stop trying, otherwise can be seen only by peers.
can expertise be defined only by the competition?
the better you are, the more you achieve with practice.
when a person dies, an entire universe passes.
an eye-for-an-eye produces blindness.
children hear all and judge nothing.
idiots first
characters must not recognize basic truths in insignificant moments.
all the answers come from inside, but sometimes we need others to ask the right questions.
a man forced to believe, believes in force.
energy spent trying to dissuade the close-minded is wasted;
energy spent trying to dissuade the open-minded is invested.
thought alone can never satisfy curiosity.
decry artificial aristocracy.
it is better to be naturally resourceful than to have natural resources.
distance enhances emotion already present;
if there is none, then this fact is enhanced. (1986.08.15)
the bike, it was funny; it was U-shaped.
i used to drive a heisenberg uncertainty car,
but every time i looked at the speedometer, i’d get lost. (1996)
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that may be true if you have infinite amounts of noise-free data.
a man free of doubts should doubt his freedom.
approximately accurate input produces approximately accurate output.
meaning is in the belly of the poet.
there are two rules of life: the first is to pretend you know more than you do.
what is the question that answers cannot find?
program in ++C. why update a language if you’re not going to use the changes?
found a typo? keep it. my pen is mightier than your sword.

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