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“I think the Iraqi people owe the American people a huge debt of gratitude.”

“F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, 'There are no second acts in American lives.' F. Scott was a drunkard and a fool.”

“'I said to Maliki this has to work or you're out', the president told the Congressional leaders, according to two officials who were in the room. Pressed on why he thought this strategy would succeed where previous efforts had failed, Mr. Bush shot back: 'Because it has to.'”

“My point is, while the inverted pyramid is good for newspapers [...], it is a terrible idea for blogging.”

“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”

“The time to look for a new job is when you don't need one. The time to switch jobs is before it feels comfortable. Go. Switch. Challenge yourself; get yourself a raise and a promotion. You owe it to your career and your skills.”

“The only things I've learned, the only universal constants, are that I don't know very much, and that public whale explosions are just about the funniest thing human beings can experience during our stay on Earth.”

“Hire curious people. Even if they don't have the exact skill set you want, curious, passionate people can learn anything.”

“The minute that the community says anything negative, however, companies freak out and pull back their community efforts. This is a dumb-ass thing to do.”

“If character development, and a bit of visual gloss can make repetitive and possibly mundane activities into an addiction, then I have the perfect application for it: the world of productivity porn, as spearheaded by such sites as 43 Folders and Lifehacker.”