"I think test-driven design is great. But you can test all you want and if you donâ€™t know how to approach the problem, youâ€™re not going to get a solution."

-- Peter Norvig

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“I don't resist progress, but I have a growing feeling that mankind uses it mostly for disgraceful purposes.”
“If I fail, I try again, and again, and again. If YOU fail, are you going to try again? The human spirit can handle much worse than we realize. It matters HOW you are going to FINISH. Are you going to finish strong?”
“In darkness God's truth shines most clear.”
“I am human. Like all humans, I do not remember my birth. By the time we wake up to ourselves, we are little children, and our advent is something that happened an eternity ago, at the beginning of time. We live like latecomers to the theater; we must catch up as best we can, divining the begging from the shape of later events. - Vida Winter”

Source : Diane Setterfield (2007). “The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel”, p.357, Simon and Schuster
“I want to know: How does a space suit on Mars work? Show me how it is pressurized, and how it is cooled. What's the glove design? None of that stuff can be bought off the rack. It does not exist. You can't just go to SpaceMart and buy those things.”
“Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.”

Source : Richard Yates (2014). “A Good School: A Novel”, p.90, Picador
“If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.”
“Here's the progression. Feminism won; you can have it all; of course you want children; mothers are better at raising children than fathers; of course your children come first; of course you come last; today's children need constant attention, cultivation, and adoration, or they'll become failures and hate you forever; you don't want to fail at that; it's easier for mothers to abandon their work and their dreams than for fathers; you don't want it all anymore (which is good because you can't have it all); who cares about equality, you're too tired; and whoops--here we are in 1954.”

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