Edsger Dijkstra Quotes
Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors.Edsger Dijkstra
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Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
Pat Buchanan -
Actors are always the last to see what they have created.
Caleb Landry Jones -
New York is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is a fitting host to its many international visitors, who can come to witness first-hand what a vibrant multicultural democracy looks like.
Ban Ki-moon -
Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
Ram Dass -
I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
I loved Alessandra Torre's 'Black Lies.'
Zara Cox
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It's been a long slog back, and we've still got a long way to go.
Ted Strickland -
Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men.
Kangana Ranaut -
I keep dumbbells in my trailer, and I work out between takes.
Zach Roerig -
The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
Ferdinand de Saussure -
I can play a bunch of instruments but drums? My brother's a drummer and I've always been jealous that he's such a good drummer. I always try to play but it's always kinda just bashing. I can keep time but no one really wants to hear me play drums.
Nat Wolff -
In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.
Uwe Boll
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When Bob Wilson left the BBC for ITV, I got the 'Football Focus' job, and it went from there. It came completely out of the blue, but the fact I had a high profile certainly helped.
Gary Lineker -
My first memory in life is grilling my thumb to the griddle in our restaurant on Cape Cod.
Rachael Ray -
I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
Idi Amin -
I wasn't a major in political science for nothing, so I understood the politics of beauty and the politics of race when it comes to the fashion industry.
Iman -
I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists.
Taylor Phinney
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Anyone who knows me knows I'm a strong advocate for diversity across all dimensions.
Brad Feld -
Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem.
Karen Armstrong -
I'm thrilled that country music fans like my stuff, but so do a lot of people outside of country music, people who just love music. My goal is more to reach music lovers than to appeal to a genre. I love country music, and I'm proud to represent it, but I don't obsess over it as a category.
Kacey Musgraves -
A proud heart can survive general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride. It is more difficult and more bitter when a man fails alone.
Chinua Achebe -
Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors.
Edsger Dijkstra