Fred Brooks Quotes
The essence of a software entity is a construct of interlocking concepts: … I believe the hard part of building software to be the specification, design, and testing of this conceptual construct, not the labor of representing it and testing the fidelity of the representation.
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Dumped? Fired? Scorned? Humiliated? Totally pissed off? If so, I've got great news! You might be on your way to living your best life ever - if you consciously choose to channel this pain into fuel - and use it to motivate yourself to become your highest potential self!
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I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
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You have to be careful to react when you start to deviate from your course.
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You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.
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What we know for sure from our work and from others' is that mice have a life span of 1,000 days, dogs have 5,000 days, and we humans have 29,000 days. Recognizing that the duration is limited, and aging is inevitable, focus the attention on enhancing the quality of the days you have.
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I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
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I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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I've always moved between media. Some ideas just work better in some media than others.
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I wouldn't trade a thing. Even the troubles that I had. I have become the husband and mate to my wife that I have because of what I went through, including the bad times. I wouldn't trade that.
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Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
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I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.
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So when I'm working out I do things extreme.
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I have a natural right to do whatever I want with my body... as long as it doesn't affect anybody else or any other property.
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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
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I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.
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'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce.
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Most of the time, I see what I see, I search my feelings, and then I make my decisions based on my gut - and I don't always make the right ones.
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Together they watched the fireflies twinkle in and out like hopes in the darkness.
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The essence of a software entity is a construct of interlocking concepts: … I believe the hard part of building software to be the specification, design, and testing of this conceptual construct, not the labor of representing it and testing the fidelity of the representation.
