Steve McConnell Quotes
In software, the chain isn't as strong as its weakest link; it's as weak as all the weak links multiplied together.
Quotes to Explore
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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There's a way in which you can look at clothing as your outer skin. And because you were discriminated against because of your complexion, the way in which you could overcome that was through the way in which you presented yourself with your clothing.
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Good music is good music, but it has to be good.
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I loved when my dad was home. He liked to sit in the living room and watch boxing and baseball on TV. Or he'd be tinkering around or listening to records by his musician buddies - George Shearing, Oscar Peterson and the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.
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It really comes down to being able to inspire others by being comfortable with yourself. You have to show girls that everyone is different; everyone has things they don't like, but they work it and walk the runway.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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When I walk for a designer, I walk the ramp as Vijender Singh, the boxer. I believe that by doing so, boxing will at least, in some way, get promoted in our entertainment industry. Plus, if cricketers can, why can't I?
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Knowing that anything can happen at any time, I made sure the people that I love know that.
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When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.
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We can't just pay attention to women who look fantastic in a photograph, because there are a lot of people that have fantastic things to say that don't look like 25-year-old white models.
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I am a total coffee snob and bore. If anyone makes the mistake of offering me 'a coffee' they tend to regret it - I'm worse than Mariah Carey, and the hot milk rider is completely non-negotiable.
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They need to read the Scriptures; where it says in Matthew, chapter 4, verse 17, it says: 'Shut the fuck up.' That's the King James version, by the way.
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The fact that Eddie Vedder likes to play 3 hour plus shows a night, I have to be ready for that.
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I'm not hard on myself - I brush those things off - but there are days when I'm pleased with myself, and days when I think I have elf ears.
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For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting.
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There can be no intelligent control of the lead danger in industry unless it is based on the principle of keeping the air clear from dust and fumes.
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Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme.
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I'm not big on fuzzy or fleecy slippers. I just don't like the texture and the heat. It just gets to be too much.
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Including the value of natural resources and our social capital in national accounting is a vital step to achieve economic growth that is equitable and sustainable.
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Luckily, I was raised by a kind of gypsy family, which is why I always get along better with people who worked in circuses than with kids of other actors. My mom was so carefree with us in a beautiful way. We were used to sleeping anywhere.
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In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity.
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I don't have kids, but in many ways I feel I've had them already. I don't want to say I raised my brothers - that sounds too strong - but actually I do feel like that a bit.
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In software, the chain isn't as strong as its weakest link; it's as weak as all the weak links multiplied together.
