"I find that getting something on the screen as soon as possible really helps focus the problem for me. It helps me decide what to work on next. Because if you're just looking at that big to-do list it's like, eh, I don't know which one I should doâ€”does it matter which one I do? But if there's something you can actually look at, even if it's just the debug output of your mailbox parser, it's like, OK, there!"

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Source : "Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming". Book by Peter Seibel, September 16, 2009.

Jamie Zawinski

#Focus Quotes #Doe Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Thats the worst thing, I don't really care if people say I'm a bad actor, I can like work on that, but if they just say that he's ugly thats just like â€œoh.. really?”
“Everybody's a teacher if you listen.”
“Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.”
“I am well convinced that Aerial Navigation will form a most prominent feature in the progress of civilization.”

Source : Sir George Cayley (1933). “Aeronautical and miscellaneous note-book (ca. 1799-1826): of Sir George Cayley”
“The big, strong, tough guy goes to class, and he keeps getting tapped by the skinny, technical guy. It begins to change him. It makes him humble. That's what Jiu Jitsu does to you. It makes you humble.”
“Rich by nature, poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door.”

Source : Goldwin Smith (1892). “Canada and the Canadian Question ...”
“Just as it's painful to hear any woman talk about sexual assault, whether true or not, it's just as painful to watch my friend and mentor go through this.”

Source : "Malcolm-Jamal Warner on Bill Cosby: 'It's Painful to Watch My Mentor Go Through This'". Interview with Joe Lynch, www.billboard.com. January 21, 2015.
“When one really loves, one can never be hurt.”

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