“The difference between an achiever and a loser is, An achiever never gives up, never settles and lastly never forgets.” LifeMotivationalLiteratureThoughtsPhilosophicalGoalsThoughtWinnerThoughtfulProseLoserNon FictionMotivatorMotivationalpostersArchive Book:World Hypnotized: Making of the Fuhrer Source: World Hypnotized: Making of the Fuhrer
“(...) compor meticulosamente o cadastro afetivo e o retrato fantástico-histórico de uma comunidade e de uma de suas remotas jornadas de meio século atras. E isso não com os instrumentos racionais, a ficha, o documento, o testemunho, caros ao arqueólogo do cotidiano, mas por meio de um sortilégio espontâneo de silhuetas que se esvaziaram gradativamente, uma depois da outra, numa parede: relicário de epifanias momentâneas, cinema de larvas dispersas; o insuficiente butim de um aprendiz de Noé que, depois do diluvio, para não esquecer o mundo, andasse a vasculhar os fosseis soterrados na areia (...)” MemoryItalyMemóriaArchiveArquivoItália Book:Museo d'ombre Source: Museo d'ombre
“Since the first satellites had been orbited, almost fifty years earlier, trillions and quadrillions of pulses of information had been pouring down from space, to be stored against the day when they might contribute to the advance of knowledge. Only a minute fraction of all this raw material would ever be processed; but there was no way of telling what observation some scientist might wish to consult, ten, or fifty, or a hundred years from now. So everything had to be kept on file, stacked in endless airconditioned galleries, triplicated at the [data] centers against the possibility of accidental loss. It was part of the real treasure of mankind, more valuable than all the gold locked uselessly away in bank vaults.” DataArchivistsArchiveUnprocessed Author:Arthur C. Clarke