Alex Stamos Quotes
It turns out that we can build perfectly secure software, and yet people can still get hurt.
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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When I initially moved to the city, I had to stay in hotels for almost two years. I was fed up of that life, and it was then that I decided that I wanted a home in the city, so I shifted base permanently.
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I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.
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I feel fine as long I'm not running around.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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Accept loss forever.
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By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
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As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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Anytime you do something in this arena, whether it's public records or ethics, it's not like throwing a stone in a quiet pond. It's like throwing a boulder.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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I own a guitar, a piano, a bass.
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My label understands that I am really attached to Malaysia, that I come home a lot.
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I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
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My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, with her husband and four children. Talking to her about her experiences in the group is fascinating, moving, and enlightening.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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I feel really connected to antiquity for some reason.
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Every year the World Series should go seven games for the dramatics of it.
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At the Cruiserweight Classic finale, I said... I don't know if people had looked it up, or if they had heard it before, but it was an old Zen proverb. 'Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, you chop wood, carry water.' It can be interpreted a lot of ways, but for the most part it's about staying in the moment.
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When you open up 'Instagram,' you need to know that you're seeing the real Tony Hawk, the real Taylor Swift, the real Burberry.
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Most of us are too enmeshed in communities to live our ideals. Outsiders have less to lose.
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There are too many governing bodies. They're all corrupt. I think they have replaced the old Mobsters with the kind of 'corporate rule' of boxing.
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It turns out that we can build perfectly secure software, and yet people can still get hurt.
