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In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where...

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where...

A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow...

A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow...

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least...

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least...

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very...

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very...

I refuse to prove that I exist says God, for proof denies faith, and without...

I refuse to prove that I exist says God, for proof denies faith, and without...

For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.

For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have...

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have...

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience...

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience...

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to...

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to...

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with...

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with...

If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a...

If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a...

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound as they fly by.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound as they fly by.

Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bog-gglingly useful could have...

Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bog-gglingly useful could have...

'Impossible' is not a scientific term.

'Impossible' is not a scientific term.

The impossible is often the untried.

The impossible is often the untried.