"However, as every parent of a small child knows, converting a large object into small fragments is considerably easier than the reverse process."

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Source : "Computer Networks". Book by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, 1981.

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

#Children Quotes #Parent Quotes #Easier Quotes

“I always travel with my bike and it has become a little more difficult to do it nowadays, but I stick it in 3,5 by 6-foot case and wheel that thing in.”
“If you don't believe you don't belong”
“What we need is political leadership which can give guidance to the development of global governance. We need business leadership which goes beyond shareholder value to understand the needs and fears of other stakeholders and their communities.”
“God has given us the fascination and mystery of irrational numbers, as one aspect of a rich world”
“No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.”
“Your tears come easy, when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it. I burst out crying.”

Source : Wilkie Collins (1874). “The Moonstone: A Novel”, p.179
“Set measurable goals, measure relative to competition.”
“To have what few have, do what few do.”

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