Steve McConnell Quotes
The default movement on a software project should be in the direction of taking elements of the software away to make it simpler rather than adding elements to make it more complex.
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I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.
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I was a fan of One Direction when I was 16, but I was also a fan of Bring Me The Horizon and hardcore bands.
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I have been talking to a lot of people who don't normally vote Democratic - independents and Republicans. They have been voting for Democrats because they think it's important to change the direction America is going.
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I want to write without shame or pride or over-compensation in one direction or another. To write freely.
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I look forward to representing the voters of District 30 and moving the state in a new direction.
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I would love to do a live show with dancers and fashion and scenic elements - definitely bring my love of the theater to a concert-style performance.
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That's the joy of making a movie: watching all the elements come together.
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If you know how to make software, then you can create big things.
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You get callbacks, and they either give it to what they call a 'name' performer, or they decide to go in an entirely different direction.
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The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.
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So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with themselves, whether you're talking about Common and Mos Def or Nas and 50 cent.
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My music is like a spinning ball. It can turn in one direction, and then it comes back to origins.
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Our lives and our culture have been significantly changed and improved by hardware, software, and services developed by immigrants.
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With a huge storm, you need a lot of volume, but it can't become one loud noise. Dolby Atmos helped a lot because it gave us the separation of those elements.
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I think if you're trying to be funny, sometimes you're bending a piece of metal in a direction it doesn't want to go. And sometimes comedy just needs to find itself.
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So 'The Last Airbender' 's philosophy and culture feels like a beautiful idea to me: That we inherently have connections to the elements and what they teach us, and to each other.
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If you want a database, you don't go out and say you're going to write it. I see platforms as going in that direction.
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I personally believe that our planet would be absolutely fine without religion, and I also feel we are evolving in that direction.
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In almost every task involving form, there are dozens, often hundreds of contradictory elements, which need to be forced to work in harmony by man's will. This harmony can be acheived only through art.
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My good ideas are shy. But if they see that I treat the stupid ideas with respect, they come forward.
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Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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Success is a high, but the way up is hard, and you have to give your all.
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A long time ago, I became aware that many of us have a tendency to lump nature into simplistic categories, such as what we consider beautiful or ugly, important or unimportant. As human a thing as that is to do, I think it often leads us to misunderstand the respective roles of life forms and their interconnectedness.
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The default movement on a software project should be in the direction of taking elements of the software away to make it simpler rather than adding elements to make it more complex.
