Wietse Venema Quotes
Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists.
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Solange's new album, 'A Seat at the Table', is so many things at once: an antidote to hate, a celebration of blackness, an expression of the right to feel it all. After a move to Louisiana and period of self-reflection, the artist joined forces with a range of collaborators to put her new discoveries to music.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
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One can be a great poet and be politically stupid.
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I'm obviously not an advocate of Christian America or a simplistic view of America as 'a city on a hill.'
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My career is an open book, but my life is not.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.
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Sports can unify the Iraqi people - no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country.
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There's still racism. Western Europe... has taken the native cultures of the Americas, the African cultures, the Asian civilization and lumped them together into The Others.
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I just want to get a Ph.D. in love.
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The happiness I feel in having a family has brought me a real beauty.
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If I read something and respond to the role, that's what happens, and if those happen to be a few comedies in a row, or not, so be it.
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I'm very competitive by nature. And I like to be the underdog - It's the best way to win. To come from behind and win is a great feeling!
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Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.
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My ability to not be afraid to ask tough questions or to confront, that matters.
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Sense the blessings of the earth in the perfect arc of a ripe tangerine, the taste of warm, fresh bread, the circling flight of birds, the lavender color of the sky shining in a late afternoon rain puddle, the million times we pass other beings in our cars and shops and out among the trees without crashing, conflict, or harm.
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The Qur'an is in many ways far less concrete than the Bible, relying on the esoteric more often than the apparent.
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I think feature films sell on the idea, and I think TV works based almost entirely on execution. I don't think anybody is going, 'Wow, that show is executed poorly, but the idea is so cool I just have to keep watching.'
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I used to enjoy reading true crime, but I've discovered that I don't have the journalism nose for blood.
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In the end, yes, I'm the singer of Old Dominion, but we're a band of great singers and great musicians, and we just respect each other so much.
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Learning to live with not meeting other people's expectations has been extremely freeing and is the only gift I wish to pass on to any future offspring.
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Elvis was a giant and influenced everyone in the business.
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Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists.
