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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
From Ursula K. Le Guin in
The Left Hand of Darkness
p. 29, Chap. 3
When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
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