"An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands."

-- William Cowper

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“I'm convinced I was the only kid ever who had a Death on the Nile [1978] movie poster and a Murder on the Orient Express [1974] movie poster on his bedroom walls.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“In engineering, as in other creative arts, we must learn to do analysis to support our efforts in synthesis. One cannot build a beautiful and functional bridge without a knowledge of steel and dirt, and a considerable mathematical technique for using this knowledge to compute the properties of structures. Similarly, one cannot build a beautiful computer system without a deep understanding of how to "previsualize" the process generated by the code one writes.”
“Corporations are social organizations, the theater in which men and women realize or fail to realize purposeful and productive lives.”
“The Child Custody Protection Act makes it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for the purpose of obtaining an abortion.”
“Object-oriented programming aficionados think that everything is an object.... this [isn't] so. There are things that are objects. Things that have state and change their state are objects. And then there are things that are not objects. A binary search is not an object. It is an algorithm”
“I was inspired a little while before The Voice to dye my hair half black half blonde by Cruella De Vil of 101 Dalmatians. One day I was watching it and I told my mom I was going to dye my hair like Cruella's, and she thought I was joking. I came home from the salon, and she didn't talk to me for a few days!”
“Tis better to have love and lust Than to let our apparatus rust.”
“I saw not till now what sin brings with it - that we must tread others underfoot.”

Source : Sigrid Undset (2011). “The Bridal Wreath: Kristin Lavransdatter”, p.214, Vintage

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