"The wind shows us how close to the edge we are."
"I use an IBM Thinkpad. I just use it like a typewriter, but when I started using it in 1987, I thought I won't be able to write anymore, so I thought I'd go back to the typewriter. But you couldn't go back to the typewriter after using the computer."
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"The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs."
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