Edsger Dijkstra Quotes
It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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It wouldn't be fair to drag a child round the world, touring.
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I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age.
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I know having a Jason Bourne all alone in a field firing at bad guys is much more dramatic, but it's not real.
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Action is the foundational key to all success.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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The formula for achieving middle-class success is simple: Finish high school; don't have a child before the age of 20; and get married before having the child.
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It's so important to get your skin to look even, whether it's with a MAC Cosmetics glow, a Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer, or even just a solid foundation. Start off with a good prep and a good primer.
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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
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Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was talks of jihad and of resisting the American occupiers, and slowly this turned into an organized movement.
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I would like every Jew to be as comfortable in his skin as I am in mine.
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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If I'm not interested in a woman, I'm straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, 'I can't do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!'
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I apologize profusely to those I have offended deeply a million times over.
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I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.
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I can't say enough about 'OLTL's' strong cast.
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I want to go on TV to perform. I'm not conceited, but I am good at what I do. It's just the vehicles are not there anymore.
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I feel that if you shelter your kids from everything, one day they are going to be out in the world on their own, and they are going to have to figure it out. You can't give them a test if you never taught them anything that's on the test. They're going to fail.
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He's a hollow man. He believes in anything. Hollow men are vulnerable to anyone who offers them something that might fill the void and make them feel less empty.
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If you can be kind and considerate for one day, then you can be for another. It won't cost you a penny in the world. Begin today.
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It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
