John Carmack Quotes
Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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I really don't care if people know who I am or what's said about me.
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I'm great at a deathbed. I've never given tranquillisers or psychiatric medicine. I've given love and fun and creativity and passion and hope, and these things ease suffering.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.
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I didn't really want to be a teacher, but there was nothing else I could be. Most of those who went to the university became teachers. It was just the racial restriction on Africans.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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If we come to the conclusion after 90 days that the synergies are big enough to justify the efforts, then we can go to the second step, which consists of saying: what would be the best organization and conditions - including shareholdings - in order to make sure the synergies happen.
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Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.
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If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'
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Talent survives and remains while beauty is diluted.
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You know, if you're at home with children, you lose twenty-five IQ points.
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The best parenting advice I actually got was from Shane McMahon. He was great with me when Brie was pregnant and all that. He said, 'When you have that baby, make sure you take care of Brie first.'
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I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game.
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I do find that it's easier to get Latino-themed movies... but I don't think there's that stigma anymore. I think that what's harder is to be a woman, not to be a Latina.
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I always have a book that I write during competition. I need it with me, just to read back and reflect and look forward. If I'm feeling anxious, it helps me.
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Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.
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I was really scared to stay home alone when I was kid, and I would freak out whenever there was a noise after my parents left.
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I would say that a good shoe is exactly like a good wine. These shoes are going to stay and last for a long time.
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My family is very international.
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Every girl has days when she doesn't like her appearance, but it's when you feel happy in yourself that you look good.
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I love to play the game, love to be around the rink, and love to joke around with my teammates and have some fun.
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Everything you tell me in your last letter, which is to say that to spend more time with me they will give up going to Paris, fills me with the greatest pleasure.. .I find myself much better, and I hope to be back where I was before.. .I am happy to be better to receive my most beloved travelers. This improvement I owe to Molina.
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Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming.
