"There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging period in the history of computers."

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Source : Steven Levy (2010). “Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.332, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Steven Levy

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“Do you have the discipline to be a free spirit?”
“Clothes as text, clothes as narration, clothes as a story. Clothes as the story of our lives. And if you were to gather all the clothes you have ever owned in all your life, each baby shoe and winter coat and wedding dress, you would have your autobiography.”

Source : Linda Grant (2010). “The Thoughtful Dresser: The Art of Adornment, the Pleasures of Shopping, and Why Clothes Matter”, p.48, Simon and Schuster
“I love the John Glenn model... I may call NASA in 25 years or so, and see if they'd like to send me to Mars.”
“If you've got a desire to achieve something, then keep going until you achieve it. It's not always possible and things might change - circumstances may change or adversity or obstacles may come your way - but keep trying. I feel that I've tried to do that in my life and it's something that I've tried to pass on to my children as well.”
“To me, science is an expression of the human spirit, which reaches every sphere of human culture. It gives an aim and meaning to existence as well as a knowledge, understanding, love, and admiration for the world. It gives a deeper meaning to morality and another dimension to esthetics.”

Source : Isidor Isaac Rabi (1970). “A tribute to Professor I.I. Rabi on the occasion of his retirement from Columbia University”
“Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of horror induced by depression takes on the quality of physical pain.”

Source : William Clark Styron (2010). “Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness”, p.26, Open Road Media
“The moment you say, or , the skies will open for you and the non- physical energies begin instantly to orchestrate the manifestation of your desire.”
“I really like birds. Everyone always wants me to say that I can't stand to go near them, just like they want Janet Leigh to confess that she can't bear to take a shower. Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you.”

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