David Parnas Quotes
Complexity is not a goal. I don't want to be remembered as an engineer of complex systems.
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I think that there's always room for humour in music. It's something that always takes itself so seriously, which I think is a bit of a shame.
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I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.
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You need the audience to go on the ride with you. You can't just isolate them.
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Farmers in Missouri and across the country must comply with a variety of federal, state, and local regulations as they grow the crops and raise the livestock that we depend on to feed the nation and the world.
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Everyone deals with loss. I'm no different, but we all find our ways of coming through things. Is it tough? Of course, but you find the strength to push on through.
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The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.
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I am always drawn to men that are funny. I do not know why. But I am always drawn to people that are struggling with parts of themselves... But it's like in the end, there has to be confidence.
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All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women.
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The more gunk I have on my face, the less free I feel.
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In my last scene in 'Breaking Dawn,' Bella has just died and I run outside and crumple to the ground and just lose it. I'm bawling. That was my last scene of 'Twilight' ever and I definitely had some extra motivation.
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A lot of chefs don't have a natural sense of economy. I was with one guy the other day, and I had to show him how to peel a turnip, because the way he was peeling turnips, he was throwing half of it in the garbage. It's not about being cheap. It's about being proper.
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It is much easier to do something than to trust in God. That is why there are so few fellow workers with God and so many workers for Him. We would far rather work for God than believe in Him.
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As commander I was responsible for the overall success of the mission, and so I had to know at least a little bit about everything.
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He hadn’t a single redeeming vice.
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I personally have learned a great deal during this period. Often, pain accompanies learning so I cannot say I have enjoyed this experience, and neither has anyone else at the College Board.
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If we want happiness, I think we should follow classic Greek wisdom and live with areté. The word directly translates as 'excellence' or 'virtue,' but has a deeper meaning — something closer to 'expressing the highest version of ourselves.' When we're showing up fully moment to moment, there's no room for regret/anxiety/disillusionment, just a whole lot of happiness. Here's to getting our areté on!
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The person who builds a character makes foes.
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Persons of slender intellectual stamina dread competition, as dwarfs are afraid of being run over in the street.
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It's easy to make up weird stuff. It gets trickier when you want the weird stuff to be interesting and make sense.
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I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'
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The way to write well is to live intensely.
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Someone spoke of your death, Heraclitus. It brought me Tears, and I remembered how often together We ran the sun down with talk . . . somewhere You've long been dust, my Halicarnassian friend. But your Nightingales live on. Though the Death world Claws at everything, it will not touch them.
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Complexity is not a goal. I don't want to be remembered as an engineer of complex systems.
