"Prototype, then polish. Get it working before you optimize it"

-- Eric S. Raymond

#Polish Quotes #Prototype Quotes

“God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil ... and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution.”
“When the Revolutionary War ended in 1781, not everyone was celebrating. It is estimated that between 15 and 20 percent of the population back then were loyal to the British Crown and thus were not so thrilled when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.”

Source : "What Happened To British Loyalists After The Revolutionary War?". "All Things Considered" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. July 3, 2015.
“Globalization has considerably accelerated in recent years following the dizzying expansion of communications and transport and the equally stupefying transnational mergers of capital. We must not confuse globalization with "internationalism" though. We know that the human condition is universal, that we share similar passions, fears, needs and dreams, but this has nothing to do with the "rubbing out" of national borders as a result of unrestricted capital movements. One thing is the free movement of peoples, the other of money.”
“The Russians are turning east to the Chinese - to the Europeans' surprise. It always seemed to me that the relationship between Russia and China would shift from being based in Marx and Lenin to being based in oil and gas.”
“Suffering makes you deep. Travel makes you broad. In case I get my pick, I'd rather travel.”

Source : Judith Viorst (1987). “Love and Guilt and the Meaning of Life, Etc.”, Fireside
“Though I play at the edges of knowing, truly I know our part is not knowing, but looking, and touching, and loving”
“Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. In protest, I declined election to the National Institute of Arts and Letters some years ago, and now I must decline the Pulitzer Prize.”
“Southern women see no point in the hard way. Life is hard enough. So we add a little sugar to the sour. Which is not to suggest Southern women are disingenuous cream puffs. Quite the opposite. When you are born into a history as loaded as the Southâ€™s, when you carry in your bones the incontrovertible knowledge of manâ€™s violence and limitations, daring to stay sweet is about the most radical thing you can do.”

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