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> [When I write a paper, I change my notation much more than I change my concepts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-lamport/when-i-write-a-paper-i-change-my-notation-much-more-than-i-change-my/)

[Leslie Lamport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-lamport/)

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## More by Leslie Lamport

> [Thinking is not the ability to manipulate language; it’s the ability to manipulate concepts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-lamport/thinking-is-not-the-ability-to-manipulate-language-it-s-the-ability/)

[Leslie Lamport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-lamport/)

> ["Sometimes" is sometimes "not never".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-lamport/sometimes-is-sometimes-not-never/)

[Leslie Lamport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-lamport/)

> [“Formal mathematics is nature's way of letting you know how sloppy your mathematics is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-lamport/formal-mathematics-is-nature-s-way-of-letting-you-know-how-sloppy/)

[Leslie Lamport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-lamport/)

> [A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even know existed can render your own computer unusable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-lamport/a-distributed-system-is-one-in-which-the-failure-of-a-computer-you/)

[Leslie Lamport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-lamport/)

> [When I write a paper, I change my notation much more than I change my concepts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-lamport/when-i-write-a-paper-i-change-my-notation-much-more-than-i-change-my/)

[Leslie Lamport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-lamport/)

> [Thinking doesn't guarantee that we won't make mistakes. But not thinking guarantees that we will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-lamport/thinking-doesn-t-guarantee-that-we-won-t-make-mistakes-but-not/)

[Leslie Lamport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-lamport/)

> [There is a race between the increasing complexity of the systems we build and our ability to develop intellectual tools for understanding their complexity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-lamport/there-is-a-race-between-the-increasing-complexity-of-the-systems-we/)

[Leslie Lamport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-lamport/)

> [Formatting is no substitute for writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-lamport/formatting-is-no-substitute-for-writing/)

[Leslie Lamport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-lamport/)

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