Edsger Dijkstra Quotes
The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.
Edsger Dijkstra
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I know politics and politicians are hated, but I still believe in goodness of a heart that has selfless intentions. With the grace of God, I will make a difference.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
Wallace Stevens
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When think about the Frank Oceans of the world, it's not like we don't have gay men within the hip-hop community.
Tasha Smith
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Look at how many North Carolina kids have played for me or tried out for me or coached with me. I've had Dennis Wuycik, Steve Previs, Billy Chamberlain, Donald Washington, Darrell Elston, Tommy LaGarde, Bobby Jones. You name it, I've had them. Whatever Coach has ever asked me to do, I've done. Because I love the school, and I worship him.
Larry Brown
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Like most ghetto kids I knew it was important to be 'somebody' so I became a good soccer player, because excelling at a sport seemed to make you special.
Vidal Sassoon
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I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
Park Chan-wook
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A lot of the stuff that I say doesn't even make TV because it gets cut out. So if you're at the live events you get to hear what I have to say, but if you're watching on TV, you're only getting about 50% of it.
John Cena
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Our children can achieve great things when we set high expectations for them.
Jeb Bush
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In 2003, being Virginia Player of the Year was an amazing feeling because I think that was the moment I realized I could actually, really go far in my sport, and I was actually, really good at something. At that moment, I knew that I could play at a high level.
Ali Krieger
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The government is determined to bring the program back on track, and proceed with the privatizations.
Yannis Stournaras
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I go to a restaurant with a group of women and pray that we can order lunch without falling into the semi-covert business of collective monitoring, in which levels of intake and restraint are aired, compared, noticed: 'What are you getting? Is that all you're having? A salad? Oh, please.'
Caroline Knapp
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The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.
Edsger Dijkstra