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"you can fix dumb, but you can't fix lazy"

If you don't know, I can teach you. If you just don't want to learn, well that's a different story

"Different strokes for different folks."

It's a reminder that your preferences aren't the only acceptable way to feel. It's OK if some people like things you don't. On different scales, it's a lesson in tolerance.

It goes hand-in-hand with "Be excellent to each other." Kindness goes far!

Together I hope someday they lead to "Harmony and understanding, sympathy and trust abounding."

Science isn't an answer, it's a process.

good enough is good enough

Don't craft a well thought out response to someone John Brown would have shot [absolutely necessary for getting through the internet] and don't give two weeks notice to a job that makes you miserable [absolutely necessary for leaving a shitty work situation].

Never break more than one law at a time.

I discovered this one just yesterday, reading a Nero Wolfe detective novel. I kind of like it:

The avoidance of idiocy should be the primary and constant concern of every intelligent person. It is mine. I am sometimes successful.

When I die, I hope to be surprised. It’s Oscar Wilde.

Just barely good enough is perfect.

Machines are for breaking & plans are for changing.

You can drive the schedule or the budget - not both.

No 'and then'

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"Don't stop dreaming, because the world is full of people who've stopped dreaming."

Probably no one said that, it's just what reminds me on so many things at once. It's so full of hope, confidence, happiness, interest into new things, overcoming obstacles, the future, laying off the monotone, enjoyment, pushing yourself further. I could interpret and fill so much into this. It also has a little bit of superiority in it, but that's because I often suffer under the negative Nancys and people who have given up, who try their best to drag you down.

“You will die soon, keep doing cool shit”

"Some days are just like that"

Fear the shorter or regret.

I'm short, fear me.

For food safety: When in doubt, throw it out.

Live in spite of everything.

Always be prepared to be unprepared.

There is no such thing as an easy job if you are passionate enough.

If it's not going to matter on your deathbed it doesn't really matter.

"And there's a funny thing about honesty; there's no two ways about it."

This quote from Lassie Come-Home comes up whenever I'm not sure if I should be honest about something bad that I've done. It's a pretty good motto.

That, and "Smile, tomorrow will be worse."

If it aint broke don't break it.

Be the change you want in the world.

Everything is temporary

Conversely, nothing is permanent

No murders. Everything else you can apologize for.

Don't get paid in promises.

I'd rather have the ugly truth than pretty lies.

Every day, in every way, I improve myself

"Will this matter in 6 months?" If not, don't waste your mental energy on it.

"Life is simultaneously too large and small, it is not worth spending time planning it"

That's the motto (Mhm) Drop a few bills and pop a few champagne bottles (Mhm) Throwin' that money like you just won the lotto (Mhm)

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JK. In all seriousness, I don't really have one XD.

"You can't find the truth, you pick the lie you like best."