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If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional, wait until you hire an amateur

Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it 😉
(Linus Torvalds)

All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.
(J. R. R. Tolkien)

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
(Bruce Lee)

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
(Bertrand Russell)

If you need four screws for the job, the first three are easy to find.
(The N-1 Law)

Some work better under pressure. I work only under pressure.
(Calvin, from “It’s a Magical World” by Bill Watterson)

Who Dares Wins
(David Stirling)

A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.
(Mitch Ratliffe, Technology Review, April 1992)

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
(Chinese proverb)