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“It was such a relief to program in user mode for a change. Not having to care about the small stuff is wonderful.”
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“It is a grave matter to enter a war, without adequate military preparation; it may prove fatal to come into peace, without moral and religious preparation.”
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“The man who is satisfied, because he thinks he is safe, who feels that he has religion enough, because he thinks he has enough to save him from hell, is as ignorant of the power as he is a stranger to the consolation of the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
Source : Gardiner Spring (1829). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.113
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“FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.”
Source : 1983 Turing Award Lecture, "Communications of the ACM" 27 (8), (pp. 761-763), August 1984.
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“Renewable biofuels are meanwhile making inroads in the transportation fuels market and are beginning to have a measurable impact on demand for petroleum fuels, contributing to a decline in oil consumption in the United States in particular starting in 2006... The 93 billion liters of biofuels produced worldwide in 2009 displaced the equivalent of an estimated 68 billion liters of gasoline, equal to about 5 percent of world gasoline production.”
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“As an adult, I really don't watch much horror, to be honest. I mean, I like a good thrill. Thrillers are my favorite. I like stuff that keeps you on the edge of your seat or maybe makes you jump. But what I don't like is the gore. I don't like gratuitous violence and killing and all that kind of stuff. So it's kind of an interesting paradox.”
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“When someone falls asleep on your chest, but the one really falling is you.”
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“The greatest works of admiration, And all the fair examples of renown. Out of distress and misery are grown.”
Source : Samuel Daniel (1718). “The Poetical Works of Mr. Samuel Daniel ...: To which is Prefix'd, Memoirs of His Life and Writings ...”, p.362
