Alan Perlis Quotes
19: A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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The Obama administration has provided almost no public information about the NSA's compliance record.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.
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Beauty is whatever gives joy.
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I can still put down some pretty nasty stuff on paper, which is what I enjoy doing.
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Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same.
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In France, I found there is a lot of attention to the little details and to the quality of life.
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If you make a mistake, you should enjoy it.
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Kids love me. I can bounce back and forth. I can discipline kids, and I can get into the mind of a kid. In my brain, I consider myself the ultimate video game player. The ultimate snack maker.
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Daft Punk wouldn't have normally fit into anything that was pop on the radio, but they just did it.
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What's really important is that all we ever were was a band. And all we ever wanted to be was a band.
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As a kid who wasn't into sports, at school I felt almost alienated at times, whereas in the theatre community there was this amazing sense of camaraderie. Early on, we would go to rehearsals with my dad and I was like the mascot for the backstage crew. That was a big part of my childhood, so I dreamed of one day doing a play in London.
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I understand human needs. I grew up where far too many people lived day to day without elemental needs like food and shelter.
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To speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash of civilizations, and we're deluding ourselves with euphemisms. We're talking about Islam being a religion of peace that's been hijacked by extremists. If ever there were a religion that's not a religion of peace, it is Islam.
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Whenever I've not known what to do, I've always gone back to the Carter Family because there was nothing like singing with my aunts and my mom to my grandma.
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There's really no age limit when you out there in those streets.
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I would be trying to play hockey with my friends, but most of the time, the coach put me on the bench. Because I was too dreamy - I was dreaming all of the time. I was super bad on the ice because I was just thinking about something else.
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I was thinking about … how disarming is the ability to make people laugh. It’s a gift, mimicry, but it’s not acting; in a way it’s the opposite of acting, which is why comedians are seldom good actors. There’s an element of exaggeration in the imposture; the copy is the original painted with a broad brush and it can be grotesque, even cruel. But no one is offended. People are drawn to the funnyman who can imitate a politician or a famous actor or an ethnic type, especially his own ethnic type.
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So not only do we need to deal with threats as they emerge, we have to be thinking in anticipation of future threats, and the things we do have to be things that enable the system to continue to work.
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I felt Facebook had a lot of what I appreciated about government - being around a collection of really bright, thoughtful people motivated to have a positive impact.
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I play chess about four hours a day in training camp. You have to decide what move to use, or what combination of moves. I think less when I box because the reaction time is a lot quicker, but some people call me the chess boxer because they say I think too much in the ring. I take my time and they don't see the action they want. Some boxers just go in there and just throw punches and hope to win.
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19: A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing.
