"Such is modern computing: everything simple is made too complicated because it's easy to fiddle with; everything complicated stays complicated because it's hard to fix."

-- Rob Pike

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“Giving is the vital impulse and moral center of capitalism.”
“And I wasn't crazy about Hollywood in those days.”
“I think William Shakespeare's like a passport through your life: as a kid hearing about a play with fairies or witches or ghosts, you get excited by that possibility. Then later on you become interested in the psychology or the politics or the beauty of the language. You grow up with the plays. King Lear is one that I don't feel grown up enough to do yet.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I sometimes think love is God's way of hoodwinking people into having kids. You fall in love, and all that passion goes into procreating and wanting children. I've felt that need to want to raise a child. It's a creative urge. But you can express that creative urge in other ways.”

Source : "Matt Dillon Has Marriage On His Mind" by Amy Bonawitz, www.cbsnews.com. July 20, 2006.
“I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again. When I see an act of evil I don't accomodate, I don't accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere. I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.”
“Blessed art Thou, Lord, who giveth suffering As a divine remedy for our impurities.”
“Heroic deeds, to use whatever dower Heaven has bestowed, to test our utmost power.”
“I think a lot of ladies get quite scared about people like me, 'rock stars', and it can be hard to meet the right sort of person.”

Source : "Jay Kay: 'Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy'". Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. October 31, 2010.

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