Wietse Venema Quotes
Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists.
Wietse Venema
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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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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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Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.
Quentin Tarantino
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I don't think people are like, "I'm going to save the planet by planting my own herbs." But on environmental issues like climate change, there's a sense of hopelessness and despair. Maybe it's really a small gesture but if you can have a garden it may make you feel like you're helping in some way, or that you're making a connection. You can't change the world but you can change your backyard.
Novella Carpenter
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I went to art school... but I worked at the Museum of Modern Art. I worked in fundraising at the information membership desk. I ended up, over a period of time, doubling the amount of membership revenue that came in through people entering the museum, so people would ask me to come and work for them.
Jeff Koons
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I never went to college. But the structure I grew up with was planted so deep that when it came to doing business, I knew how to be disciplined, create teamwork, and persevere. It set me up to be an entrepreneur and a successful franchiser.
Anne F. Beiler
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I think a lot of rock stars take themselves too seriously. Then again, if you want to be a ‘star’ you’ve got to appear to take yourself very seriously indeed. I, unfortunately, could never do this for any length of time. Probably because of my upbringing, my feet were planted far too firmly on the ground. I found the rock star thing pretty laughable. I couldn’t take those types seriously. If I had, I would probably have got further along in the business.
Jack Green
T. Rex
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Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists.
Wietse Venema
