| Linux People: 629 of 1231 |
Many mental processes admit of being roughly measured. For instance,
the degree to which people are bored, by counting the number of their
fidgets. I not infrequently tried this method at the meetings of the
Royal Geographical Society, for even there dull memoirs are occasionally
read. [...] The use of a watch attracts attention, so I reckon time
by the number of my breathings, of which there are 15 in a minute. They
are not counted mentally, but are punctuated by pressing with 15 fingers
successively. The counting is reserved for the fidgets. These observations
should be confined to persons of middle age. Children are rarely still,
while elderly philosophers will sometimes remain rigid for minutes altogether.
-- Francis Galton, 1909
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| Linux People: 630 of 1231 |
Many people are desperately looking for some wise advice which will
recommend that they do what they want to do.
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| Linux People: 631 of 1231 |
Many people are secretly interested in life.
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| Linux People: 632 of 1231 |
Many people feel that if you won't let them make you happy, they'll make you
suffer.
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| Linux People: 633 of 1231 |
Many people feel that they deserve some kind of recognition for all the
bad things they haven't done.
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| Linux People: 634 of 1231 |
Many people resent being treated like the person they really are.
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| Linux People: 635 of 1231 |
Many receive advice, few profit by it.
-- Publilius Syrus
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| Linux People: 636 of 1231 |
'Martyrdom' is the only way a person can become famous without ability.
-- George Bernard Shaw
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| Linux People: 637 of 1231 |
May those that love us love us; and those that don't love us, may
God turn their hearts; and if he doesn't turn their hearts, may
he turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping.
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| Linux People: 638 of 1231 |
May you die in bed at 95, shot by a jealous spouse.
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