"A pattern is an idea that has been useful in one practical context and will probably be useful in others."

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Source : Martin Fowler (1997). “Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models”, p.8, Addison-Wesley Professional

Martin Fowler

#Ideas Quotes #Patterns Quotes #Practicals Quotes

“Anything that is as old as racism is in the blood line of the nation. It's not any superficial thing-that attitude is in the blood and we have to educate about it.”
“The masses will lick our feet and serve us as our slaves.”
“My heart beats more for a raw, average vulgar art, which doesn't live between sleepy fairy-tale moods and poetry but rather concedes a direct entrance to the fearful, commonplace, splendid and the average grotesque banality in life.”
“If I died snowboarding, you could honestly tell everybody in the world that Jeremy London died happy.”
“The difference between a confident person and an unconfident person is simply that the confident person acts on their ambitions and desires and doesnâ€™t let fear of failure stop them.”
“But to write - that is grief and labor; and to read what one has written - how unlike the story as one saw it; how dull, how spirtless - that is enough to send one weeping to bed.”
“Surfing is like golf: You're always battling, and it keeps knocking you down. There are a lot of wipeouts. But when you stay with it and catch that wave, you really taste it. It's magic.”
“I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a great acrobatic move. I can still see myself stepping on the ring of a packed circus along real performers.”

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