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“When you are famous it is hard to work on small problems. This is what did Shannon in. After information theory, what do you do for an encore? The great scientists often make this error. They fail to continue to plant the little acorns from which the mighty oak trees grow. They try to get the big thing right off. And that isn't the way things go. So that is another reason why you find that when you get early recognition it seems to sterilize you.”
― Richard Hamming

“The performance was exotic. It was short. And it wasn't much more dreadful than the Chinese opera that had been performed last year.
"Bravo!" Ned called. He applauded madly. Thankfully, everyone joined in.
Blakely bowed, rather stiffly, and picked his way through the rows toward his seat. He didn't even make eye contact with Ned, didn't acknowledge that Ned had just saved him.
Ha, Just because Blakely had no humility didn't mean Ned couldn't try to humiliate him further.
"Encore!" Ned shouted.
Blakely fixed Ned with a look that promised eventual dismemberment. Luckily for the future attachment of Ned's limbs, nobody else took up the cry.”
― Courtney Milan, Proof by Seduction

“The job you seek isn't out there in some job description, it's already inside you, aching to get out.”
― John Tarnoff, Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career Over 50

“Use affirmations as statements of becoming, not statements of being.”
― John Tarnoff, Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career Over 50

“Hiding or lying about your age is giving in to ageism. Don't do it! Be proud of who you are, what you know and what you've accomplished.”
― John Tarnoff, Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career Over 50

“In order to create your future, you have to reconcile your past.”
― John Tarnoff, Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career Over 50

“Chase career relationships, not job postings.”
― John Tarnoff, Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career Over 50

“Getting fired is not shameful. It just means you need to find a better fit.”
― John Tarnoff, Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career Over 50

“You hear a lot about "digital natives." Well, baby boomers are the "digital founders.”
― John Tarnoff, Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career Over 50

“Practice empathy rather than sympathy.”
― John Tarnoff

“She had nothing to lose when she looked into those dark limpid pools of desire...Apart from her soul, and even that she would relinquish for one night undulating on his rigid fervour. But to what end? A moment of exquisite bliss? No, she demanded an encore; even her soul had a price...”
― Virginia Alison