Sometimes we discover unpleasant truths. Whenever we do so, we are in difficulties: suppressing them is scientifically dishonest, so we must tell them, but telling them, however, will fire back on us. If the truths are sufficiently impalatable, our audience is psychically incapable of accepting them and we will be written off as totally unrealistic, hopelessly idealistic, dangerously revolutionary, foolishly gullible or what have you. (Besides that, telling such truths is a sure way of making oneself unpopular in many circles, and, as such, it is an act that, in general, is not without personal risks. Vide Galileo Galilei.....) - Edsger W.Dijkstra
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence - Mohandas Gandhi
"You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or her whole soul." - Mahatma Gandhi
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win -Mahatma Gandhi
Anger is one letter short of danger.
I am only responsible for what I say and not what you understand.
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Everybody sets an example some are how to and some how not to. Credited to me ;-)
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In god we trust; all others must bring data!! -- W. Edwards Deming
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If you have problems with the way the team is working, share what you think for the benefit of the team.
If you raise a problem, offer your best idea for a solution at the same time.
No sandbagging, always report the truth about the status of our part of the situation and what we need to do to be successful.
If you say you will deliver something on time, then deliver it by that date or give the team an early warning well ahead of the due date.
Don’t gossip about each other. If you have criticism of each other, do it face to face and privately and not by taking sides with other colleagues.
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Diversity means growth. Respect and celebrate the benefits we get from differences in gender, race and nationality.
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Sometimes it is better to keep silent than to tell others what you feel because it will only hurt you when you know that they can hear you but they cant understand
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Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition. Alan Turing
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There's a point in life when you get tired of chasing everyone and trying to fix everything, but it's not giving up. It's realizing you don't need certain people and their crap.
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“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” Unknown
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"To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion"
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meh: be it as it may
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Frustration is about expecting the world and its inhabitants to be, act or react as you wish. In reality, things are as they are; so no amount of ranting and steaming is going to change that. What you need to change is your perspective, or angle, on events.
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If you only do what you can do, you will never be better than what you are - Shifu (Kung Fu Panda)
Buddy, I..am the dragon warrior!
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is Happiness.
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What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence - Christopher Hitchens
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“Religion is an insult to human dignity. Without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.” - Steven Weinberg
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“If you obsess over whether you are making the right decision, you are basically assuming that the universe will reward you for one thing and punish you for another.
The universe has no fixed agenda. Once you make any decision, it works around that decision. There is no right or wrong, only a series of possibilities that shift with each thought, feeling, and action that you experience.
If this sounds too mystical, refer again to the body. Every significant vital sign- body temperature, heart rate, oxygen consumption, hormone level, brain activity, and so on- alters the moment you decide to do anything… decisions are signals telling your body, mind, and environment to move in a certain direction.”
― Deepak Chopra, The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life