"A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even know existed can render your own computer unusable."

-- Leslie Lamport

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“There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun.”
“Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.”

Source : "The Vindication of Edwin Land". Forbes Magazine, Volume 139 (p. 83), May 4, 1987.
“People want to feel effortless about their clothes. I don't always get it, I make a lot of mistakes, but that's my goal.”

Source : Source: movieweb.com
“The writers' strike a couple years ago was a bonanza for reality TV shows new and old.”

Source : Carole Nelson Douglas (2009). “Cat in a Topaz Tango: A Midnight Louie Mystery”, p.60, Macmillan
“The world invited me many places.”
“The purpose of Zen is the perfection of character.”
“Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director two hours and maybe shoot in Bombay in the morning and Madras in the evening. It happens.”
“Every tear should live its purpose. Don't ever wipe the reason away.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 24, 2009

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