Edward Yourdon Quotes
There is nothing in the programming field more despicable than an undocumented program.
Quotes to Explore
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Imagine trying to be a gay actor, a gay anything in modern Russia? Where to be positively oneself, to be affectionate in public with someone you love of the same gender, or to talk of that love in the hearing of anyone under 18, will put you prison?
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Many men are loved by their enemies, and hated by their friends, and are the friends of their enemies, and the enemies of their friends.
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If somebody had told me that you have a choice of being a rock star or playing left field for the Tigers, there would not have been a choice at all. I would have said, 'Where's my locker?'
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My dad was in a wheelchair and on oxygen for the last few years of his life.
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Every intense relationship between human beings is full of traps, and if you want it to endure you have to learn to avoid them. I did so then, and finally it seemed that I had only come up against yet another proof of how splendid and shadowy our friendship was, how long and complicated Lila’s suffering had been, how it still endured and would endure forever.
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True genius without heart is a thing of nought - for not great understanding alone, not intelligence alone, nor both together, make genius. Love! Love! Love! that is the soul of genius.
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What counts is the cultural level.
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I always encourage people in the early parts of their career to focus on writing. If you can communicate clearly, if you can articulate a thought, if you can write a great story, then you're going to be successful.
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No man knows what he can do until he tries.
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Rabbits live close to death and when death comes closer than usual, thinking about survival leaves little room for anything else.
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Instinct is the most powerful thing you have, and you have to trust it.
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When my film flops, I believe it is my mistake. There have been times when I didn't come out of my house because my films didn't do well. I lock myself in for months. I don't talk to people. I feel bad for producer, director, for those who lost money. It's never about myself or my career alone.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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I have often said that just as the French revolution, for instance, understood itself through antiquity, I think our time can be understood through the French revolution. It is quite a natural process to use other times to understand your own time.
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It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane.
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Doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it.
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I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.
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Bandwidth grows at least three times faster than computer power.
