Niklaus Wirth (Niklaus Emil Wirth) Quotes
Experience shows that the success of a programming course critically depends on the choice of these examples.
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
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The Hungarian people voted for NATO membership. We are active in the joint actions of NATO.
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Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?
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We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
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I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually.
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Having refuted, then, as well as we could, every notion which might suggest that we were to think of God as in any degree corporeal, we go on to say that, according to strict truth, God is incomprehensible, and incapable of being measured.
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Everyone is always working on their body and trying to make it the best that they possibly can. That's what I do every single day, mostly for performance, but also just for me.
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I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.
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By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
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The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.
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A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often surprised when I say that I consider myself an optimist, but an optimist dressed in the robes of a realist.
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Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.
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Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
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I know it sounds a bit corny, but I do think that beauty and sexiness come from within.
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It's probably fair to say that the ratio of time our Connector developers spend in the debugger versus the Emacs buffer is higher than with most software.
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I went to college and did theatre. After that, I spent about three years in Seattle doing French theater and community theater and sorting it all out. Then I applied to graduate school and got accepted, so I started pursuing my master's in theatre at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.
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Existence without essence is very stressful.
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We can't ever forget that the Internet now is just a staid utility. The exciting platforms are software applications that are very, very simple.
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I think about Dischord. There's been a pretty consistent notion that Dischord have been some sort of "overlords" of the scene. Some people have felt 'they are too cool for us,' or 'they won't put this out,' etc. All we're doing is our own work, our own thing. That's all we've ever done. Our work.
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My week at school would be good or bad depending on whether Balmain won. I have such fond memories of those suburban grounds, and everything was so undiluted. The players weren't censored, and for me it was a wonderful period of my life when everything was simple and pure. For me, that resonated with rugby league.
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Experience shows that the success of a programming course critically depends on the choice of these examples.
