The tech industry used to be home to a disproportionate number of misfits and weirdos. Geeks. Nerds. People who needed to know how machines worked: needed to take them apart, make them better, and put them back together again.
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Related He always liked to take things apart and put them back together. ALICE F. JONES They taught me different was wrong. ANI DIFRANCO The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO Both traditions want people to think. They want people who are problem solvers and can take apart a ... MARLENE BARRON I just want to see them and hug them and love them, you know...have them again, you know. I just wan... ERNEST KARNES His purpose was to get done what needed to be done, and what needed to be done was simple, if not ea... LARRY MCMURTRY If you can put your mind to it anything can be achieved but to pull something out of nothing althoug... GARY F EVANS... How to be wealthy;Birth an idea & then take it to the market place & believe that the market place w... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be perfect;Think nothing,say nothing & do nothing. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be Great;The moment you realize & accept the ordinary fact that those doing great things toda... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be great;Think of a gigantic & unheard of idea to birth & nurture & inside it lies your great... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Some things are private. Some things needed to be said, even when the person who needed to hear them... RACHEL VINCENT Our biggest concern is to give them help and to give them a home. We'll be there as long as needed, ALAN MILLER Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... JOSEPH CONRAD To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. TOM ROBBINS People know your tragedies and they treat you like you’re not human. Like you’re a three-h... ERIC JEROME DICKEY The sad heart needs work to do. JOAN BAUER Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD If "how to do it" were the answer, it'd be done. It's how you do the "hows" that's most important. JEFF OLSON There is no one right way. Just figure out what works for you! LORII MYERS Compromise now, because you'll have to later, anyway, only then you'll have gone through things you'... AYN RAND Sometimes you have to watch the pieces fall so you know how to put them back together. JAMES YAGER These kids get to learn how much work it takes to put a story together. It's a chance for them to wo... BOB JENNINGS This was requested by them, who said they wanted a better opportunity to come to the markets and hav... BILL CLEVELAND A lot of people were starting to doubt us and we knew we had to show them Bearcat basketball. We nee... INDY UHLENHOPP To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD The events that happen in our lives make us who we are ,we can either give in to them and let them w... GARY F EVANS... The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don’t know the kind of person I am and... WILLIAM STAFFORD It's better to be honest about your opinions than to pretend you don't have them. CAMPBELL BROWN To be rich simply means,to be able to meet people's need. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) when your heart touched mine,I knew then we were one. THERESA M WILSON To be rich simply means to be beneficial to others. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) More than any woman I ever knew, she comforted.' -Mrs. Huxley about Emma DEBORAH HEILIGMAN That's silly,' said Martha. 'Friends should always tell each other the truth. JAMES MARSHALL Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women... JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN In this long eternal quest to be more like our Savior, may we try to be “perfect” men and women ... JEFFREY R. HOLLAND And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You ju... JOAN BAUER There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we ... THOMAS S. MONSON Beauty—real everlasting beauty—lives not on our faces, but in our attitude and our actions. It l... JUSTINA CHEN Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love. CAMERON DOKEY It was a gradual move towards getting back in shape again. He [Peart] hadn't played drums for a long... ALEX LIFESON We just have to make it as easy as possible for people to order the right number of tickets and, if ... DAVE COBB Be who you want to be not what others think you should be. BILAL SAIF I was a crown attorney in my home town in Nova Scotia, and I learned that victims of crime needed be... PETER MACKAY I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m... AMBER SMITH We told them in between periods that we needed to establish ourselves, especially after the second p... BILL MEEHAN A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE If you want to be happy or if you want to be miserable—either way is your choice. So choose to be ... DEBASISH MRIDHA If God give you strength and courage, don't use it to intimidate people or overpower them, rather us... ANTHONY LICCIONE We needed to take them down so we could move the others out. We've got them all (at the museum), wit... BRUCE PIATEK He could tear apart a dish washer and a washing machine and put them back together all before dinner... PATRICK HELFRICH Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER The Revenge and the Vengeance makes you to go forward and forward to do your work... This which was ... DEYTH BANGER And in the end I came to realize that I was just as broken as all of them. All the people I tried ti... LAUREN VALENCIA Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI He made me feel unhinged . . . like he could take me apart and put me back together again and again. CHELSIE SHAKESPEARE When people begin to define the things that they believe in, based upon the exclusion of all the thi... C. JOYBELL C. I remember he loved the patent cases, ... He used to get the invention involved in the case, take it... LEARNED HAND I think you have to deal with the confused situation that we're faced with by seizing on the glimpse... ARCHIBALD MACLEISH Deadlines are meant to be broken. And I just keep breaking them. SARAH MCLACHLAN Your "Not To Do" list is also important. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it's better to leave them broken, rather than cut yourself t... BJ MORIN You get a job when you have the right qualifications and work experience. Similarly, individuals sho... MADDY MALHOTRA That package is very impressive. No one advised them. They put it together. They thought about what ... CRAIG MASBACK Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT At halftime, I told the guys we needed to keep our lead in the second half. A lot of teams that are ... TONY DUCKWORTH Life is given. Success is not. That's exactly why many people do not succeed, because the path isn't... NICO DEAN FULGENZI That is how to live: in the choosing. There are no rules but those you make for yourself. KAREN MARIE MONING Seasoning one’s claims with self-irony and modesty, cultivating a tolerance for moral ambiguity, p... JANE BENNETT Broken down into manageable chunks, the biggest projects become easy to conquer. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN By giving yourself less time, you'll work faster, concentrate more intensely, and perform at peak ef... MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN It takes almost as much effort to NOT do something, as it does to do it. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Often our biggest distractions are not external, but come from within. Get out of your own way! MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Focus isn't just working with single-minded devotion to a purpose. It's also working ONLY on things ... MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Some people spend a lifetime chasing the wrong goals. They work with extreme focus - but it doesn't ... MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Your ability to sustain focus depends on how enjoyable and productive it is. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Take power breaks every hour. Schedule tougher tasks for the time when you are most productive. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Find your true passion. Tap into the endless inspiration & energy it provides. Your focus will o... MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Focus can become an obsession... But your ability to sustain the drive to focus will depend upon how... MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Self-affirm—build yourself up with honest and genuine praise. LORII MYERS Well, I have lost you; and I lost you fairly; In my own way, and with my full consent. Say... EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is nev... A WALK TO REMEMBER How to be a Poet (to remind myself) Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet. <... WENDELL BERRY In the real world, they told you who to be, not the other way around. RHODA BELLEZA He told them that they needed to submit to full scrutiny and they needed to make their proposal safe... JAY CARSON When you don't educate the people, you're crippling them. You are, you're not giving the... EMMANUEL JAL Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON I'll see a photograph of a character and try to copy them on to my face. I think I'm really ... CINDY SHERMAN
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Now I write full-time and never hav... JON SCIESZKA There is no such thing as an impartial jury because there are no impartial people. There are people ... JON STEWART I don't 'handle' people. It's so much easier to manipulate actors than to really hav... JON FAVREAU Barry White seemed so filled with self-parody at first that it was easy to dismiss him. But it is be... JON LANDAU The Patriot Act removed major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and n... JON PORTER I am a southerner who grew up with and around guns. I own some still. My father gave me a .22 rifle ... JON MEACHAM Our culture is just a series of checks and balances. The whole idea that we're in a battle betwe... JON STEWART I play trumpet. And I took all the music courses in college, so I can also play the string instrumen... JON TESTER Many entrepreneurs have shifted their focus to pursuing VC funding as a primary strategic priority i... 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JON ANDERSON Ringo Starr may not have much of a voice, but when he sang a song on a Beatle album, it had its own ... JON LANDAU People think bigger movies are bad, and that's just not true - there's bad big films, and th... JON FAVREAU God’s will for you is to make you more like Jesus. Christlikeness is your target, your goal, your ... JON MORRISON If nobody speaks of remarkable things, how can they be called remarkable? JON MCGREGOR At long last he was unencumbered, emancipated from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a wo... JON KRAKAUER It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to... JON KRAKAUER The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change ev... JON KRAKAUER According to the moral absolutism that characterizes McCandless's beliefs, a challenge in which a su... JON KRAKAUER It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in whi... JON KRAKAUER Nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic... JON KRAKAUER On July 2, McCandless finished reading Tolstoy's "Family Happiness", having marked several passages ... JON KRAKAUER I understood what he was doing, that he had spent four years fulfilling the absurd and tedious duty ... JON KRAKAUER