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You can't erase the empty space.

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Quote of the Week 36 “ You can't erase the empty space. ” ―  Sadie Winters  (Walking Away -  AI Lyrics )

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

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Quote of the Week 35 “ You have your way. I have my way.    As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.” ― Attributed to  Friedrich Nietzsche While often attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche , the quote is actually a paraphrasing of a statement made by his fictional character Zarathustra in Thus Spoke Zarathustra .  „Das — ist nun mein Weg, — wo ist der eure?“ so antwortete ich Denen, welche mich „nach dem Wege“ fragten. Den Weg nämlich — den giebt es nicht! Also sprach Zarathustra. “ Du hast deinen Weg. Ich habe meinen Weg.   Den Weg, den richtigen Weg und den einzigen Weg gibt es nicht. ” ― Pseudo-Friedrich-Nietzsche-Zitat

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better.

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Quote of the Week 34 “ I cannot say whether things will get better if we change;   what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better.” ― Georg Christoph Lichtenberg “ Ich weiss nicht, ob es besser wird, wenn es anders wird.   Aber es muss anders werden, wenn es besser werden soll. ” ―  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

No one needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one.

Quote of the Week 33 “ No one needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one.” ―  attributed to   Elbert Hubbard   No one needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one Who crafted this quip: Elbert Hubbard? Mary Sargent Hopkins? Anonymous? https://t.co/3bT2q7GGhI pic.twitter.com/5YuLW5vdSt — Quote Investigator® (@QuoteResearch) August 6, 2025

It takes two years to learn to speak and sixty to learn to keep quiet.

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Quote of the Week 32 “ It takes two years to learn to speak and sixty to learn to keep quiet.” ―   attributed to Ernest Hemingway

Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.

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Quote of the Week 31 “ Talent hits a target no one else can hit.   Genius hits a target no one else can see.” ―   Arthur Schopenhauer “ Das Talent gleicht dem Schützen, der ein Ziel trifft, welches die Übrigen nicht erreichen können; das Genie dem, der eines trifft, bis zu welchem sie nicht einmal zu sehn vermögen. ”   — Arthur Schopenhauer , Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung , Zweiter Band, Ergänzungen zum dritten Buch, Kapitel 31.

There are measures of focus and one of them is how often you say no.

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Quote of the Week 30 “ There are measures of focus and one of them is how often you say no.” ―   attributed to Steve Jobs See also: Quote of the Week 20 / 2023 "'No' is a complete sentence . " ― Anne Lamott Source:  dailyphilosopher on Instagram

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

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Quote of the Week 29 “ Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” ―   Simone Weil  

'Vibe' stands for Very Incomplete, Brittle Experiment.

2nd Quote of the Week 28 “ 'Vibe' stands for Very Incomplete, Brittle Experiment.” ― Julian Goldstahl Triggered by the response to Gary Marcus' tweet about 'vibe coding': Always thought "vibe" stands for Very Incomplete, Brittle Experiment. — Julian Goldstahl ack/me (@JulianGoldstahl) July 8, 2025