Edsger Dijkstra Quotes
The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.
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A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.
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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
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You can be lonely when you have a guy living with you.
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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I crave attention and adventure.
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I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.
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Social conditions that spur large numbers of people into action are ignored in favor of a Hollywood version of history focusing on one conquering hero. Since a movement for social change is embodied in its leader, death of the leader means death of the movement.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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In Washington, the translation of E Pluribus Unum has been lost. The belief that we are one nation - united in purpose - caring about and for one another is no longer the practice.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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When guests enter the room their entertainers rise to receive them; and in all meetings men should ascend into their higher selves, imparting to one another only the best they know and love.
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When we were shooting 'Oz,' my wife was doing 'Beauty and the Beast' on Broadway, singing and dancing. It was an interesting dichotomy in our house.
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My mum told me once I was a Hindu.
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I'm trying to find new ways to entertain myself because, if my whole world is doing interviews, I might as well put them in places I've wanted to see.
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Don't ever in your life do a World Cup and the Olympic Games at the same time. This will make your life almost impossible.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
