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Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
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E. W. Dijkstra
When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: admit it, learn from it, and don't repeat it.
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Paul "Bear" Bryant, I Ain't Never Been Nothing but a Winner
A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, "You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing."
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Sir Arnold Bax (1883 - 1953), Farewell my Youth (1943)
You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.
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Henri-Frédéric Amiel
If you can’t take responsibility for your own well-being, you will never take control over it.
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Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
Your equipment DOES NOT affect the quality of your image. The less time and effort you spend worrying about your equipment the more time and effort you can spend creating great images. The right equipment just makes it easier, faster or more convenient for you to get the results you need.
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Ken Rockwell, Your Camera Does Not Matter, 2005
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Northanger Abbey
The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs.'
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Roy Blount Jr.
Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.
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Terry Pratchett
Angels dancing on the head of a pin dissolve into nothingness at the bedside of a dying child.
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Waiter Rant, Waiter Rant weblog, 06-21-05
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
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Philip K. Dick (1928 - 1982), "How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later", 1978
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
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George Jean Nathan (1882 - 1958)
Those that think it permissible to tell white lies soon grow color blind.
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Austin O'Malley
A mind too active is no mind at all.
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Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963)
Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.
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Gloria Steinem (1934 - ), O Magazine, May 2004
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
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Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.
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Dr. David M. Burns
It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.
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Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)
Every day holds the possibility of a miracle.
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Elizabeth David
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
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Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
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