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" Normal people... believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet. "
Scott Adams
Fix
People
Believe
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" The greenest home is the one you don't build. If you really want to save the Earth, move in with another family and share a house that's already built. Better yet, live in the forest and eat whatever the squirrels don't want. "
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" I hated my work. It never seemed to me to be what I should be doing. "
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Hated
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" We don't always have an accurate view of our own potential. I think most people who are frightened of public speaking and can't imagine they might feel different as a result of training. Don't assume you know how much potential you have. Sometimes the only way to know what you can do is to test yourself. "
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" Technology will definitely solve all our problems, but in the process it will create brand new ones. But that's O.K. because the most you can expect from life is to get to solve better and better problems. "
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" The world is like a reverse casino. In a casino, if you gamble long enough, you're certainly going to lose. But in the real world, where the only thing you're gambling is, say, your time or your embarrassment, then the more stuff you do, the more you give luck a chance to find you. "
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" I don't get embarrassed by the same things that other people do. I would say that probably the biggest thing that holds people back is, 'If I do this, I'm going to look like an idiot if it doesn't work out.' "
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" Scientists will eventually stop flailing around with solar power and focus their efforts on harnessing the only truly unlimited source of energy on the planet: stupidity. I predict that in the future, scientists will learn how to convert stupidity into clean fuel. "
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Focus
" Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure. "
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Choose
Free
Illusion
" If your goal is to lose 10 pounds, you may wake up each day with failure in mind because the goal is hard to reach, and you are progressing only by small amounts. It takes up all your willpower. I recommend that instead of a goal, you have a system. "
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Day
" The most important thing when you study hypnosis is that you learn that humans are irrational. Until you understand that, hypnosis is hard to do... For me, it was this great awakening to understand that humans are deeply irrational, and it's probably the greatest influence on me in terms of my writing. "
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Writing
Me
You
" The longer you work here, diverse it gets. "
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You
Gets
" The best things in life are silly. "
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Life
Things
Silly
" One strategy for getting ahead is being incredibly good at a particular skill; you need to be world-class to stand out for that skill. In my case, I layered fairly average skills together until the combination became special. "
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Stand
Strategy
Good
" I try to manage my day by my circadian rhythms because the creativity is such an elusive thing, and I could easily just stomp over it doing my administrative stuff. "
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Try
Creativity
Day
" 'Dilbert' became popular during the downsizing of the '90s, and job security was a major theme of the strip. "
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" There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives. "
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Few
High
Through
" Some of my best friends are Venture Capitalists, but let's face it, a hamster with Alzheimer's could make those kind of numbers. It's great work if you can get it. "
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Work
Great
You
" My old life - no amount of getting used to it would have made it right. "
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Life
Made
Old
" You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. And you don't argue when a women tells you she's only making 80 cents to your dollar. It's the path of least resistance. You save your energy for more important battles. "
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Dinner
You
Women
" My failed corporate career became the fodder for the 'Dilbert' comic. Once it became clear I would not be climbing any higher on the corporate ladder, it freed me to mock managers without worrying that it would stall my career. Most failures create some sort of unplanned freedom. I took full advantage of mine. "
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" If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? "
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Kind
People
" Psychology is the only necessary skill for running for president. Trump knows psychology. "
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President
" In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized it was better to buy their own hot cars so they wouldn't have to ride around with jerks. "
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Car
Women
" If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done. "
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Show
Trouble
Done
" I'm predicting that we'll finally have a computer will search my e-mail automatically and delete every message that begins with 'thought you'd be interested,' and then give an electrical shock to the sender to remind him or her to stop send that kind of message. "
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Search
You
Her
" I get mail; therefore I am. "
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Mail
Therefore
" If you have a reasonable system for pursuing success, it can survive a lot of face-plants along the way. That knowledge makes success seem accessible. If you think successful people have some sort of superpower or special connections, why try? "
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You
People
Knowledge
" The only risk of failure is promotion. "
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Promotion
Risk
Failure
" If a job's worth doing, it's too hard. "
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" You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public. "
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Never
Underestimate
Stupidity