Kent Beck Quotes
First you learn the value of abstraction, then you learn the cost of abstraction, then you're ready to engineer.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale.
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I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
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I always used to watch 'The Daily Show,' and there were all these comedic geniuses there. I didn't know if I was going to be hired full time or not. At the beginning, I was sort of hired as a part time, on and off guy. When I first got hired - it was August 2006 - and I was working on and off, and they'd call me whenever.
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Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'
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People really love editorial cartoons, and I think publishers understand that.
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Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
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I have a very short attention span.
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I don't think it's necessary to feel guilty. Because I know that I'm still doing the work that is going to help more sisters and brothers to challenge the whole criminal justice system, and I'm trying to use whatever knowledge I was able to acquire to continue to do the work in our communities that will move us forward.
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All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women.
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Once a week i have to do my radio show, 'A State of Trance', usually on Wednesday night. I try to go running at least three times a week and spend at least a day without turning my laptop on and spend it with my wife and daughter.
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India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system.
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Personal religion has a supreme value for its own sake, not merely as a feeder of social morality, but as the highest unfolding of life itself, as the blossoming of our spiritual nature. Spiritual regeneration is the most important fact in any life history. A living experience of God is the crowning knowledge attainable to a human mind.
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First you learn the value of abstraction, then you learn the cost of abstraction, then you're ready to engineer.
