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| ====== Notable Quotes ====== | ====== Notable Quotes ====== | ||
| - | This collection of quotes comes mainly from [[http://xlforum.net/modules/Jig/index.php|XLFORUM]] members. | + | This collection of quotes comes mainly from [[https://www.xlforum.net/|XLFORUM]] members. |
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| - Success is the mitigation of failures. There is zero success if there were zero failures. (DR Dick) | - Success is the mitigation of failures. There is zero success if there were zero failures. (DR Dick) | ||
| - If you find yourself disagreeing with what you are being taught, either you are making a mistake and/or your teacher is. \\ Pursuing your questions to their logical end is the key to discovery, while making a leap of faith (simply believing what you are told) is an act of avoidance: \\ (escaping the discomfort of confusion and uncertainty at the expense of a deeper learning experience). \\ This is an exchange no student should ever feel they must make. (Tony R. Kuphaldt) | - If you find yourself disagreeing with what you are being taught, either you are making a mistake and/or your teacher is. \\ Pursuing your questions to their logical end is the key to discovery, while making a leap of faith (simply believing what you are told) is an act of avoidance: \\ (escaping the discomfort of confusion and uncertainty at the expense of a deeper learning experience). \\ This is an exchange no student should ever feel they must make. (Tony R. Kuphaldt) | ||
| + | - Knowing when to stop and start over is important. It requires some courage. \\ I discovered this in my early days [mid-1060s] as a computer programmer - tossed out 6 months of work. \\ The re-do was much better - I had learned a lot in those 6 months. (IronMick) | ||
| ==== Diagnostics ==== | ==== Diagnostics ==== | ||
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| - Sometimes one's only purpose in life is to serve as an example to others. (JonesL) | - Sometimes one's only purpose in life is to serve as an example to others. (JonesL) | ||
| - Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. (JonesL) | - Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. (JonesL) | ||
| + | - Who needs a horn, when you have a finger. (smokey 2) | ||
| ==== Prophetic ==== | ==== Prophetic ==== | ||
