"You're better off with a kick-ass half than a half-assed whole."

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Source : David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried (2010). “ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever”, p.70, Random House

David Heinemeier Hansson

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“People have been reading photography as a true document, at the same time they are now getting suspicious. I am basically an honest person, so I let the camera capture whatever it captures whether you believe it or not is up to you; itâ€™s not my responsibility, blame my camera, not me.”
“The education of my brother and myself was of paramount importance to my parents, and in addition to their strong encouragement, they were prepared to make any sacrifice to further our intellectual development.”
“The same water that will kill you, drown you, give you hypothermia is the same water that will help you survive.”
“When I went into GM there was a lack of morale. The company had gone bankrupt and the people who worked there were embarrassed. Underneath all of, though, there was a will to show what they were capable of, but nobody knew exactly what to do.”
“For me, the most gratifying projects are ones that have the potential to bring people together - to overcome differences among various groups, and to spark dialogue.”
“Institutions develop because people put a lot of trust in them, they meet real needs, they represent important aspirations, whether it's monasteries, media, or banks, people begin by trusting these institutions, and gradually the suspicion develops that actually they're working for themselves, not for the community.”

Source : "Rowan Williams says goodbye to Canterbury in BBC documentary" by Maev Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. December 28, 2012.
“They had created themselves together, and they always saw themselves, their youth, their love, their lost youth and lost love, their failures and memories, as a sort of living fiction.”
“We honor founders of these starving cities, Whose honor is the image of our sorrow.”

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