"But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity."

-- Niklaus Wirth

#Work Quotes #Simple Quotes #Dedication Quotes

“To sleep with a woman: it can seem of the utmost importance in your mind, or then again it can seem like nothing much at all. Which only goes to say that there's sex as therapy (self- therapy, that is) and there's sex as pastime.”
“The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.”
“Frankly that's what makes such a big difference between President Obama on one hand and Mitt Romney on the other. Gov. Romney has not walked in those shoes of the ordinary Americans and frankly I don't think he has the capacity to quite understand the struggle that the 98 percent of Americans go through every single day.”
“Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled.”
“Have compassion towards each other, including animals.”
“Two contrasting attitudes: non-math person: "Math is so abstract." i.e. "hard to understand" math person: We abstract *in order to understand.* Part of our job is to teach people this latter mentality.”
“Some of the most powerful times are when we're quiet”
“Every July, I look forward to taping a Christmas show - in July in Nashville. In 98-degree weather. I love it.”

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