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 was in the Marine Corps in 1971. The idea 'Where does authority come from?' is fascinating to me. And also, the idea of a chaplain is fascinating to me because it's a man of the cloth in uniform, and it's the uniform of a killing machine. Back when I was in the Corps, when I saw that, I was amazed by it.
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A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run.
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Westerns was why I got into the business. I grew up on a small farm in California and all I ever wanted to do was to play gangsters and cowboys in movies.
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I think a lot of problems in this world would stop if people could stay out of other people's business.
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Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, With never a thought of sorrow; The old goes out, but the glad young year Comes merrily in tomorrow.
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Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists.
