Niklaus Wirth (Niklaus Emil Wirth) Quotes
In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever.
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It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.
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The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South.
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I've got nothing to complain about. I have to enjoy and be grateful. Lots of people would like to be in my shoes.
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Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own - and I realized that there was another world.
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I've always known the greatness of black people.
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I spent years crying in my diary. But I finally stopped finding fault with myself. We're all different, yet the same.
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There are four types of oceans. Passions are the ocean of sins, the self (nafs) is the ocean of lust, death is the ocean of life, and the grave is the ocean of distress
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I recently read that it's the left brain that does all that calculating, and the right brain that does the poetry. Somehow I've veered way towards the left. I've been doing it for years. Maybe I do art to balance it out.
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Once an entitlement program has been created with millions of beneficiaries, it becomes almost impossible to repeal.
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The existing program, as it has been developed in the last 70 years, provides a stable monthly income that has prevented seniors, almost 50 percent from falling into poverty. I don't think we want to erode the principles of that system.
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Watching a person lose their dignity used to be uncomfortable, and now it's an expected part of the program that we're becoming comfortable with.
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Iran is isolated on its nuclear program and support for terrorism.
