#ren

My parents did not have any interest in music. ↗

— Maurice Jarre

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Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#bodily #body #decay #gloomy #human

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#censor #difference #each #office #opinion

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#covers #ends #equivalent #good #habitual

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#force #immediate #parent #principle #vital

China is completely lacking in self-awareness and as someone who has stepped outside that society, I have a responsibility to write about it as I see it. ↗

— Ma Jian

#china #completely #i #i see #lacking

One of the things that Teller and I are obsessed with, one of the reasons that we're in magic, is the difference between fantasy and reality. ↗

— Penn Jillette

#difference #fantasy #i #magic #obsessed

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#approach #backwards #connect #destiny #difference

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#backwards #connect #destiny #difference #dots

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#chose #chosen #companies #continue #customers