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# Quotes

Desiderata by Max Erhmann is a beautiful piece of writing that I like very much. As a complete atheist, it's as close as I have to a piece of writing to guide me through life.

> "It's hard to make sense of the movie when you're in the starring role"
> - Jacqueline by Circa Waves (this is one of the weirder music videos I know of)

> "If you think that you are going to love something, give it a try. You're going to kick yourself in the butt for the rest of your life if you don't. Sometimes chasing a dream is how we discover who we really are."
> - A random passage from Typeracer, combined with a line from Gender Identity vs Gender Desire

> "Billions of years of evolution and history and development lead to me having a breakdown over my online homework"
> - Daphne, 2020

> "Don't create problems - for problems will arrive on their own."
> - Unknown

> "Value de-escalation of conflict. Respect identities, interests and boundaries without making public judgment. Act honestly and in good faith. Don't debate people's lived experiences, even if you disagree with their conclusions."
> - An excerpt from a code of conduct that was shared on Discord

> "Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people."
> - some random person on Reddit

> "Welcome Time Travellers! This is 2023 where you can find yourself locked out of your toothbrush after too many failed password attempts."
> - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36133661

> "Things haven't gotten better, but time has passed"
> - Jack Edwards

> "The older I get, the more I realize that so much of the divide in the tech field is simply between the two camps of 'the tools are the interesting part' vs 'getting things done with the tools is the interesting part'." - Baeocystin
> "I tend to agree. I also think both sides need to learn to better appreciate the other. Without people getting shit done with the tools we’ve built, there would be no demand for better tools and no need to write them. Without better tools, the things we can get done are limited. Better tooling is an exponent to our productivity. The things we can accomplish today would have been nearly unimaginable nearly thirty years ago." - stouset
> - A Hacker News thread

> "One of the greatest tragedies in life is that you will always be loved more than you will ever know. Someone in your class finds your presence inviting and warm, even if you've only exchanged a few words with them - or maybe none at all. Someone on the street loves your smile, and it brightens their path for the next few blocks. Someone you used to be friends with still wishes to fondly calls your name. Even someone you were friends with 5 years ago would give anything to be in the same room with you today. Someone who regularly comes into work is disappointed when you aren't there to brighten their day. Someone missed you today. Someone noticed when you were gone. Someone loves you when you're there. Someone loves you when you're nowhere to be found at all. You may think you have always disappeared when you're no longer in the picture, but you never left the frame." - A Youtube video, but more broadly, a random passage floating across the internet without an obvious source.

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