Brian Kernighan Quotes
The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements.
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I made a lot of money, and I want to give something back to my country.
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Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney.
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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
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I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
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It's remarkable that the failures of the Obama, Clinton, Kerry foreign policy are not only uniting the Left and Right in Israel but might even be creating some common ground between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
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For a man, there's a big responsibility that comes with having a boy because men are made by their fathers. If you've got a good productive man around it's better. I have such a close relationship with my dad and that responsibility to produce a good man is something I think about.
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At the age of 16, my father's father dropped dead of a heart attack. And I think it changed the course of his life, and he became fascinated with death. He then became a medical doctor and obviously fought death tooth and nail for his patients.
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We have ministers who are incapable of doing what has been ordered from above because there is no follow up, because there are no consequences. If you are poor man and you steal, your hand is cut off after three offences. But if you are a rich man, nobody will say anything to you.
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I've dated men my age, younger than me and older. The only difference is the young ones are quicker at taking out the garbage.
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When I go out, I love steak and caviar.
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Scotland is the Canada of England!
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From now on, the technology companies that succeed will be those that have developed skills at listening and a sophisticated understanding of their customers' industries.
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I always wonder if my kids will say they're mixed or black.
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'Vogue' is a very beautiful magazine, an institution, and I learned so much working there.
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For the rich, it's not about getting more stuff. It's about having the freedom to make almost any decision you want.
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My dream life is just to go back to my job full-time. And be with my family. You know, regular dreams, common dreams that everyone has.
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I love food: biscuits and gravy, cheese grits, spaghetti and meatballs, chicken-fried steak with white gravy... but my favorite dish is my wife's beanie weenie cornbread casserole. It's so good. It sounds stupid, but if you eat it, it's heaven. Of course, it's only something you can eat if you've got a lot of money.
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Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights.
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When I was young, I wanted to be a writer or painter. I was always writing stories, and I excelled at drawing. My teachers encouraged my art work. When I was 9 or 10, I began learning piano and started writing music.
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Do the least harm and the most good.
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Everything that happens before Death is what counts.
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Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women I have known.
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The stakes are nothing less than the future of liberal democracy. We are engaged in a new war of ideas, not communism versus capitalism, but authoritarianism versus democracy and representative government.
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The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements.
