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“Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one.”
Source : Brian W. Kernighan, P. J. Plauger (1978). “The Elements of Programming Style”, Computing McGraw-Hill
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“Every day is a lie. But you are dying. That is not a lie.”
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“Access is vital in lobbying. If you can't get in your door, you can't make your case.”
Source : "Jack Abramoff On Lobbying", www.npr.org. December 20, 2011.
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“The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility... Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man. It risks being vain and sterile.”
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“The crumbling castle, looming among the mists, exhaled the season, and every cold stone breathed it out. The tortured trees by the dark lake burned and dripped, their leaves snatched by the wind were whirled in wild circles through the towers. The clouds mouldered as they lay coiled, or shifted themselves uneasily upon the stone skyfield, sending up wreathes that drifted through the turrets and swarmed up hidden walls.”
Source : Mervyn Peake (2007). “Titus Groan”, p.161, The Overlook Press
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“I don't believe in God, but I believe in angels.”
Source : Source: therumpus.net
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“A work of art is full of perhapses and maybesos. Where the perhapses are found, something has to be done about it. And since art deals wtih the perhapses and maybesos, and why not call it the consummate science...which gets its perfection from seemingly imperfection.”
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“If only we could see the value of one soul like God does.”