Here's a good reason why you should get rid of things you don't use.
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#2"Murder your darlings" actually means something more specific than that. It doesn't just mean not to be attached to passages you like, but to be especially suspicious of them.
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#3For folks curious about the origin of the phrase, "Murder your darlings": http://www.bartleby.com/190/12.html
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#4For folks curious about the origin of the phrase, "Murder your darlings": http://www.bartleby.com/190/12.html
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#5For folks curious about the origin of the phrase, "Murder your darlings": http://www.bartleby.com/190/12.html
Or in "the parlance of our times"[1] "The things you own end up owning you"[2]
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[1] The Big Lebowski
[2] Fight Club
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#6"The things you own end up owning you"
- Tyler Durden, Fight Club
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#7"Murder your darlings" actually means something more specific than that. It doesn't just mean not to be attached to passages you like, but to be especially suspicious of them.
Interestingly, that's the 3rd variant of the phrase i've heard in as many days. Perhaps those using it should be obligated to rephrase it ;)
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#8I was wondering where I'd seen this before - It was picked up on planet.gnome.org. :)
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#9"Murder your darlings" actually means something more specific than that. It doesn't just mean not to be attached to passages you like, but to be especially suspicious of them.
Interestingly, that's the 3rd variant of the phrase i've heard in as many days. Perhaps those using it should be obligated to rephrase it ;)
using -> ignoring
obligated -> doomed
rephrase -> repeat
huh?
Re: Here's a good reason why you should get rid of things you don't use.
#10You should check out the Bruce Sterling speech from Reboot11. He talks about categorizing everything you own into four categories: beautiful stuff, stuff that you have a strong emotional connection to, tools that are absolutely needed to live a better life and "the rest".
Everything in "the rest" category you should get rid of. Video of speech is here:
http://video.reboot.dk/video/486788/bruce-sterling-reboot-11