keep the sparks flying

"Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamp of the approximate, the not-quite, not-yet, the not-at-all."

~Ayn Rand [via Sven]

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Sven said…
Whilst I would LOVE to take the credit, this was actually Ayn Rand. I just couldn't fit her name in on Twitter. She got props on tweet 1001. Flattered though!
2:40 AM
Anonymous said…
Aww, and there was us thinking it was you! :P
5:12 AM
Derek E. Baird said…
@sven: oy! i missed that follow up tweet. duly noted. ;-)
11:31 AM
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