"Nobody really knows what the Bourne shell's grammar is. Even examination of the source code is little help."

-- Tom Duff

#Shells Quotes #Examination Quotes #Littles Quotes

“When I think about a character, it does start with the shoes: What kind would she wear? How would she walk in them?”
“I mean, we do believe in due process in America. I thought we did.”
“You can't solve many of today's problems by straight linear thinking. It takes leaps of faith to sense the connections that are not necessarily obvious.”
“I'm ugly, I'm overweight, but I'm happy”
“A book is worth a few francs; we Germans can afford to destroy those. We all may not appreciate artistic merit, but cash value is another matter.”

Source : "Fictional character: Colonel Franz Von Waldheim". "The Train", www.imdb.com. 1964.
“I don't think closeted homosexual morticians have the market cornered on self-loathing or sense of shame.”
“If we do not let people do things the way they do, we will never know what they are really capable of and they will just follow our boarding school rules.”

Source : "Democracy in the workplace". Interview with Nick Easen, www.cnn.com. May 20, 2004.
“Less and less is life animated through personal discovery, intimacy with others, or self-reflection. While life has become more manageable for many people, it has become commensurately less engaged.”

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