AlpacaHawk
- The Matrix Uploaded: Problem With Click
You have a problem with click. You believe that you are special, that somehow the rules do not apply to you. If you choose to click, find yourself another job. You believe that you are special. Obviously, you are mistaken. You believe that this company is one of the top software companies in the world. Obviously, you are mistaken.
George Pocock
- The Stamina of Elite Oarsmen
Men as fit as you, when your everyday strength is gone, can draw on a mysterious reservoir of power far greater. Then it is that you can reach for the stars. That is the way champions are made.
George Pocock
- The History of Trees
These giants of the forest are something to behold. Some have been growing for a thousand years, and each tree contains its own story of the centuries long struggle for survival. Looking at the annular rings of the wood, you can tell what seasons they have been through. In some drought years they almost perished, as growth is barely perceptible. In others, the growth was far greater.
Face The Music
- In Defense of the Escape Button
People talk about how using the escape button makes you learn less, but I've found that if I screw up badly more than once in the beginning of the quote, it throws me off enough that I'll be flailing for the entire rest of the quote. The way I see it, flailing isn't learning. So if I start floundering right out of the gate I take a deep breath, hit the escape button three times for luck, then try again.
George Pocock
- The Art of Rowing
It's a great art, is rowing. It's the finest art there is. It's a symphony of motion. And when you're rowing well, why it's near perfection. And when you near perfection, you're touching the Divine. It touches the you of yous. Which is your soul.
