David Heinemeier Hansson Quotes
Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities.
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If the interview was done in the studio, Frank McGee would automatically do it. But if I went out and got it, then the interview was mine. So I was considered a pushy cookie, because I would get the interview.
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In our culture, the shame about accidental pregnancy is inextricable from the shame about having had sex. That disapproval of sex is one reason our record with contraception is so poor. If you're not supposed to be sexual, you don't plan for sex. You cross your fingers and hope for the best.
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I care not to debate which came first, Islamism or anti-Muslim bigotry; suffice to say that both feed into each other symbiotically.
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L.A.'s not a good place to grow old.
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All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man's guru.
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Terrorism is a horrible thing that is the great threat to civilization on our planet.
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There is less fighting in the game than we had years ago. I mean, we penalize it.
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Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.
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My breakup with AT&T is final, and I'm done with Skype as the rebound guy.
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After a few weeks, Frank did not appear to want Martha there, but she stayed. When Frank stopped speaking to her, it made no difference and they lived that way for twenty years.
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Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them.
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Nothing is more pathological in our pathological modernity than this disease of Christian pity.
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Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.
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Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character.
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To me, writing an ongoing series feels like driving a freight train downhill. All you can do is steer and pray.
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Companies often visit my office, or invite me to theirs, to brief me on new products, Web sites, or software before they are released - usually a few weeks or days ahead of time. I don't review most of these products.
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For a sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.
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Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities.
