Ken Thompson Quotes
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The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.
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We should have completed the fight in Afghanistan instead of starting a new war in Iraq.
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I remember many a time, going into someplace like Wrigley Field - where you could cut the humidity with a knife - and playing a doubleheader. I loved to play the game. It didn't matter if it was a doubleheader, or a single game, or a day game after a night game. I wanted to play.
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I am not the first man who wanted to make changes in his life at 60 and I won't be the last. It is just that others can do it with anonymity.
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I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop.
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I have an insatiable palate. I'll try anything once, with an open mind. However, there is a special place in my heart for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Don't get me wrong, I've sampled specialty Mac & Cheese all over the world, but nothing competes with the stuff I grew up on.
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LazyTown' is not a TV property, but a lifestyle brand for children.
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Music is where I started. It's kind of the base of everything.
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It's not an easy task to match Charan. He is really a good dancer, and he comes straight to the sets without rehearsals.
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When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer.
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I have a biology degree, okay?
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I was always - maybe stupidly so - very confident.
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Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.
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I'm very happy with my life and career, but I do find myself having serious attacks of nostalgia, and I don't quite know why. Even though I've got to travel the world and do amazing things, I still want to go back to my teenage years and change little aspects of it. It's strange, but it does continue to bug me.
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You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring business.
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The government is determined to bring the program back on track, and proceed with the privatizations.
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I'd watch old movies with Judy Garland, Shirley Temple and Bette Davis and long to be part of that glamorous world. A lot of that glamour is gone now. In my own small way, I hope I'm bringing some of it back. But it would be great if I could inspire women to dress up.
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I had people coming up and telling me they hadn't voted in twenty-five years, but they were turning out for me on Tuesday. I still see the face of this kid who approached me in the little town of Willmar. 'Jesse,' he said, 'you are us.'
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I think it's a bit of a myth that if you can read music you can write music. It doesn't work like that.
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Suffrage is the pivotal right.
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So long as I'm president, communism will not thrive here.
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'Gigabit' seems to mean 600 megabits. It's a VAX gigabit.
