"A software system is transparent when you can look at it and immediately see what is going on. It is simple when what is going on is uncomplicated enough for a human brain to reason about all the potential cases without strain"

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Source : Eric S. Raymond (2003). “The Art of UNIX Programming”, p.19, Addison-Wesley Professional

Eric S. Raymond

#Simple Quotes #Brain Quotes #Looks Quotes

“We play some smaller songs larger than they are the record, and vice versa. It took me a while to get used to playing live.”
“It's just the overall lack of privacy. I've always been a very shy person and so it invades that a lot. It goes with the territory so I'm very grateful to be able to do what I do. I love it and I love acting. I love being on set. I love the whole practice of filmmaking but the lack of privacy is hard. Fans are amazing because for the most part it's just love that they are sending to you. It's beautiful.”

Source : Source: www.justjared.com
“This hiatus coming up I'm looking at a comedy because I need the balance.”
“Many childrens writers dont have children of their own”
“I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.”
“Times change but principles don't. Times change but lands do not. Times change but our culture and our language remain the same. And that's what you have to keep intact. It's not what you wear - it's what's in your heart.”
“When good men die, their goodness does not perish, but lives though they are gone. As for the bad, all that was theirs dies and is buried with them.”
“The first impression and a natural one is, that the fine arts have risen or declined in proportion as patronage has been given to them or withdrawn, but it will be found that there has often been more money lavished on them in their worst periods than in their best, and that the highest honours have frequently been bestowed on artists whose names are scarcely now known.”

Source : John Constable (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of John Constable (Illustrated)”, p.599, Delphi Classics

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