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Talent is cheaper then table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
Stephen King
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less
C.S. Lewis
The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
Linus Pauling
When faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then look at it again
Grady Booch (citing Heinlein)
There must always be an end in view, and the end must not be final.
Eliel Saarinen
Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. I think a lot of what people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.
Aaron Swartz, How to Get a Job Like Mine