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		Careful as they may be, developers of Eiffel libraries will always run into cases in which, after releasing a library class, they suddenly experience what in French is called esprit de l'escalier or wit of the staircase: a great thought which unfortunately is an afterthought, like a clever reply that would have stunned all the other dinner guests - if only you had thought of it before walking down the stairs after the party is over.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bertrand Meyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I don't care how smart a kid you are. The only way you learn what's not right is from experience. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cameron Diaz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the long run, we need to build a leadership force of people. We have a whole strategy around not only providing folks with the foundational experience during their two years with us, but also then accelerating their leadership in ways that is strategic for the broader education reform movement. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wendy Kopp 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It's a feeling few people experience, and that's usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can't force myself. I don't sit down and say I've got to practice. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Van Halen 
			 
			
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		I am a member of the Kiowa Gourd Dance Society; I visit sacred places such as Devil's Tower and the Medicine Wheel. These places are important to me, because they've been made sacred by sacrifice, by the investment of blood and experience and story. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				N. Scott Momaday 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's a sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vikram Seth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For me, there is no such thing as a negative experience. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I want to suggest a feeling. It's ridiculous to assume you can state an opinion. Somebody else can never relate to the lyric in the same way because their whole experience is different. You can only suggest, then people add their own history and experience to the lyrics. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Danielle Dax 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our Prophet was a radical too- he fought against the injustices of his community and challenged the feudal order of his society, so they called him a radical. So what? We should be proud of that! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abu Bakar Bashir 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I really am opinionated, but not for long. I have found myself coming off of what I think of something because the guy I'm talking to makes better sense than I am. I have so many points of view, I can't keep track of 'em, because I talk to too many people... I'm not so opinionated that I won't budge. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jerry Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People who create 20% of the results will begin believing they deserve 80% of the rewards. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pat Riley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The budget enforcement rules of the 1990s were an important part of getting the budget back into balance. It was done on a bipartisan basis. Those pay-as-you-go rules were tested and they worked. We are now in a one-party system, and we have thrown them out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Melissa Bean 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Careful as they may be, developers of Eiffel libraries will always run into cases in which, after releasing a library class, they suddenly experience what in French is called esprit de l'escalier or wit of the staircase: a great thought which unfortunately is an afterthought, like a clever reply that would have stunned all the other dinner guests - if only you had thought of it before walking down the stairs after the party is over. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bertrand Meyer