Fred Brooks Quotes
Job Control Language is the worst programming language ever designed anywhere by anybody for any purpose.
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
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For the most part, I do a lot of my own stunts. On 'The Final Destination,' they kept pulling my stunt woman in, and I'd shoo her away. I'm a black belt in tae kwon do, so I was adamant about doing stuff myself.
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I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me.
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My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.
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All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad.
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Architecture begins where engineering ends.
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All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.
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Death is a zero sum game for which there is no cure.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.
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My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.
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The common thread in all my projects is 'girls being awesome.' Can we make that a genre?
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Stop doing things that waste time. Don't replace time with your family or things that you need to do. I needed to put together two fantasy teams this weekend because that's something I enjoy, but I did stop playing Nintendo Wii for hours on end.
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My least favorite subject? Uh... I didn't have a least favorite subject because, I mean, high school is so much fun.
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I still want to hold on to my beliefs, and as long as I have that, I won't stray too far from politics.
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I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory.
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Bob Dylan has and Einstein had their own way of perceiving the universe and translating it for us.
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I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.
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Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.
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I think the expectation of me was that I'd grow up, get married, have a family, probably not even have a job outside the home. I had bold notions sometime in my childhood that I wanted to be veterinarian... I wasn't sure I'd ever do it.
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Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.
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Job Control Language is the worst programming language ever designed anywhere by anybody for any purpose.
