"I think it is astounding that people could argue for "you just must trust someone else to fix it" instead of "you could fix it yourself, or hire someone to fix it." There is a contractor base out there that can solve these problems as well as or better than the major vendors could. But I think the major vendors are still having more luck at getting the ear of the press."

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Source : "Interview: Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software". The Epoch Times, July 05, 2005.

Theo de Raadt

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Luck Quotes

“I think that if you look at all of the books that have ever been written about people working in the White House, they're sort of the opposite of my book. And I think that so many people want to write a book that sort of memorializes their place in history. And I wanted to write something for all of the women who are like me. I grew up in upstate New York, I graduated high school with 70 other people and didn't ever know that anything like this would have really been an option for me. So I wanted other young women â€” and men â€” to know that just being you is plenty.”

Source : Source: www.cosmopolitan.com
“Assassination is almost always unthinkable to moral, thinking men until after a holocaust has come and gone.”
“All artists as a type seem to suffer a great deal, but then so do miners.”

Source : Jim Harrison (2007). “The Road Home”, p.333, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Only after several years of training did I come to realize that the deepest purpose of the martial arts is to serve as a vehicle for personal spiritual development.”

Source : Joe Hyams (2010). “Zen in the Martial Arts”, p.2, Bantam
“Once more, I am watching the most powerful men in the kingdom bring their power to bear on a woman who has done nothing worse than live to the beat of her own heart, see with her own eyes; but this is not their tempo nor their vision and they cannot tolerate any other.”

Source : Philippa Gregory (2013). “The Lady of the Rivers”, p.156, Simon and Schuster
“New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush.”
“A waft of sweet hash drifted by, and I wanted to float after it like Wimpy levitating at the scent of a hamburger.”
“Motivation is temporary. Inspiration is permanent.”

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