"A lot of other people wanted a free production UNIX with lots of bells and whistles and wanted to convert MINIX into that. I was dragged along in the maelstrom for a while, but when Linux came along, I was actually relieved that I could go back to professoring."

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Source : "Clearing Up Some Misconceptions". "Ken Brown's Motivation, Release 1.2", www.cs.vu.nl. May 21, 2004.

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

#People Quotes #Bells Quotes #Maelstrom Quotes

“Obedience is the psychological mechanism that links individual action to political purpose. It is the dispositional cement that binds men to systems of authority.”

Source : Stanley Milgram (2017). “Obedience to Authority”, p.1, HarperCollins
“It's a funny thing, if I could choose anything to do, it wouldn't be to be in front of a camera because I've spent so much of my time, so much of my life trying to get really good at writing songs and playing instruments.”
“I am touring in Europe. I am putting together a trio and a quartet. I am playing solo concerts with my symphonic sounds. I am very much engaged back to playing and recording and everything.”
“They're happy to be Siamese twins. They feel blessed. But the rest of us have to go through the world alone. And they don't. And because they have this great attitude, they have a lot of friends. They were the kings of the prom. You know, they were in the state championship hockey team. You know, they're the goalie. And it's just they're a couple of winners who happen to be Siamese twins.”
“The single best way to develop leaders . . . is to take people out of their safe environment and away from the people they know, and throw them into a new arena they know little about. Way over their head, preferably. In fact, the more demanding their challenges, the more pressure and risk they face, the more likely a dynamic leader will emerge.”

Source : Bruce Wilkinson (2009). “The Dream Giver: Following Your God-Given Destiny”, p.117, Multnomah
“President George Bush had the courage and the vision and we will always be grateful to President George Bush for that tremendous leadership and statesmanship.”
“Nobody can have the consolations of religion or philosophy unless he has first experienced their desolations.”
“My father had very little formal education.”

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