"A couple of years ago this guy called Ken Brown wrote a book saying that Linus stole Linux from me It later came out that Microsoft had paid him to do this"

-- Andrew S. Tanenbaum

#Couple Quotes #Book Quotes #Years Quotes

“Certainly ordinary language has no claim to be the last word, if there is such a thing.”
“I've never been an all-black girl. I like pinks and blues and greens. If you come over to my closet, you'll be able to find a rainbow of things to wear.”
“I decided five years ago that I wanted to truly understand, for myself, what the state of the planet was, and when I dug into it, what I found was quite different than I'd imagined.”
“It is not that we have too little time to do all the things we need to do , it is that we feel the need to do too many things in the time we have.”
“For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to the position left to him.”
“I think the best exercise that I do is singing for an hour-and-a-half out on the stage, because, yes, I use the lung, the biggest muscle in your body.”
“Fear can keep you alive. The trick is not to let it overwhelm you. Not to let it rule you. If youâ€™re afraid, thatâ€™s the universe trying to tell you something. Get away. Donâ€™t run; donâ€™t panic. Just pick up and walk out, calm as you please. Panic makes you stupid.”
“If something stinks, I say it stinks. But I try to massage it a little and not be as cutting, come behind it with a joke: Hey, I cut you deep, but now let me put a couple of stitches in you.”

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