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 Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over.
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I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood, as well because every one of these vices is odious in itself, as because each of them separately and all of them together are utterly abhorrent in men making profession of a life dedicated to God.
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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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It's amazing to me how people throw stuff on the ground right next to a trash can. That drives me crazy.
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I thinking of people like Phil Ramone or George Martin.
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Power people wear power like a coat of arms. If can't sense them on the spot you don't know what power is.
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Vegas is kind of crazy because there's so much going on. Everyone goes there to be entertained.
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That’s one thing about these religious boys-they reckon that if they are on God’s side, then the enemy must be on the devil’s, and so they have no qualms about giving it to ’em hot and strong.
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19: A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing.
