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.
Tavi Gevinson
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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.
Jackson Browne
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I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
Vince Carter
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One can be a great poet and be politically stupid.
Umberto Eco
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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.'
Os Guinness
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My career is an open book, but my life is not.
Barry Bonds
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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.
Lao Tzu
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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.
Abraham Lincoln
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Sports can unify the Iraqi people - no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country.
Dana Hussein
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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.
Hans Rosling
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Back home, almost everything I did, I did in Hebrew. I went to drama school in Hebrew, my whole career was in Hebrew, and to switch languages was something that was fascinating and more complicated than I expected it to be, even though I've been speaking English since I could speak.
Yael Grobglas
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I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.
Walter Cronkite
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We did 356 'Dallas' episodes between 1978 and 1991. The most memorable moment for me happened in 1980 when I got shot at the end of the third series. The rest is a blur.
Larry Hagman
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I just want to get a Ph.D. in love.
Barbara De Angelis
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Pace, like everything else in writing, involves a trade-off. If you're not offering the reader a lot of action to keep her interested, you must offer something else in its stead. Slow pace is ideal for complex character development, detailed description, and nuances of style.
Nancy Kress
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The happiness I feel in having a family has brought me a real beauty.
Kate Winslet
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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.
Ophelia Lovibond
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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!
Zac Efron
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I love going to the movies and being moved emotionally. I like my work, singing and writing in my journal.
Elizabeth Daily
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I've got a lot of silvers in different shoeboxes in storage units all over the place. But I think the gold one will have a special place.
Sasha Cohen
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One of my little girls is named Reagan. Her first words were, 'Mr. Larry, tear down this crib.' That was her first words, it was very sweet. My first words were, 'Are you going to finish that sandwich?'
Larry the Cable Guy
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All of us who professionally use the mass media are the shapers of society. We can vulgarise that society. We can brutalise it. Or we can help lift it onto a higher level.
William Bernbach
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Of beer, an enthusiast has said that it could never be bad, but that some brands might be better than others.
A. A. Milne
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Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists.
Wietse Venema