Boris Beizer Quotes
Extra features were once considered desirable. We now recognize that 'free' features are rarely free. Any increase in generality that does not contribute to reliability, modularity, maintainability, and robustness should be suspected.
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I think you will find scientists that think like you in Germany and Britain, and you will find politicians that think like Weinberger. I think the most bellicose ruling group in the Western world at the moment is the British.
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When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance.
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Home is most important in the long run.
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I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches.
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The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. Life is a learning process and you have to try to learn what's best for you. Let me tell you, life is not fun when you're banging your head against a brick wall all the time.
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When I first met my husband, I needed that helping hand to take the reins and look after me.
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For a bad hangover take the juice of two quarts of whisky.
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How often have I found that wanting to use blue, I didn't have it so I used a red instead of the blue.
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When I black out, it's the happiest time of my life.
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The greatest force of personal liberation is the decision to widen our circle of compassion, moving from focus on self to focus on service.
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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.
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If a typical person can do a mental task with less than one second of thought, we can probably automate it using AI either now or in the near future.
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Edwina always enjoyed a morning ride. Some mornings she rode the horse, and some mornings she rode the groom.
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We have to recognize that sin is a fact, not a defect; sin is red-handed mutiny against God. Either God or sin must die in my life...If sin rules in me, God's life in me will be killed; if God rules in me, sin in me will be killed.
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My ignorance is widespread.
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Extra features were once considered desirable. We now recognize that 'free' features are rarely free. Any increase in generality that does not contribute to reliability, modularity, maintainability, and robustness should be suspected.
