Comment on Everybody talks about beliefs like they're this big important thing.

• bitcrafter@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Good writers borrow, great writers steal. -T.S. Elliot

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  • DominatorX1@thelemmy.club ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Neither of which is the act of quoting.

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    • bitcrafter@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      On the contrary, quoting is exactly the act of borrowing another’s idea, but doing the courtesy of giving credit to the person from whom you borrowed it.

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      • DominatorX1@thelemmy.club ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        On the contrary

        A borrowed idea stands on utility.

        A quote stands on authority.

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• Hackworth@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Choose another tool.

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