"If you had done something twice, you are likely to do it again."

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Source : Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike (1984). “The UNIX Programming Environment”, Prentice Hall

Brian Kernighan

#Done Quotes #Mathematical Quotes

“Patriotism is a joke in the UK.”
“This many-headed monster, Multitude.”

Source : Samuel Daniel (1718). “The Poetical Works of Mr. Samuel Daniel ...: To which is Prefix'd, Memoirs of His Life and Writings ...”, p.47
“I have always felt a little held back by working with other people in recording.”
“Color is a language, like music.”
“For in all the world there are no people so piteous and forlorn as those who are forced to eat the bitter bread of dependency in their old age, and find how steep are the stairs of another man's house. Wherever they go they know themselves unwelcome. Wherever they are, they feel themselves a burden. There is no humiliation of the spirit they are not forced to endure. Their hearts are scarred all over with the stabs from cruel and callous speeches.”
“By the time I was 9, I had the conviction that everybody in the world was an artist except plumbers or people who delivered groceries.”
“There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn't. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.”
“This, my children," Alistair said proudly, "was barbecue pork." Dan rapped his fingers against the latch. "Been out in the sun for a long time.”

Source : Peter Lerangis (2011). “The 39 Clues #3: The Sword Thief”, p.100, Scholastic Inc.

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