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The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the…
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Engineers are not superhuman. They make mistakes in their assumptions, in their calculations, in their conclusions. That they make mistakes is forgivable;…
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Any design, whether its for a ship or an airplane, must be done in anticipation of potential failures.
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I emphasize that virtually every engineering calculation is ultimately a failure calculation, because without a failure criterion against which to measure the…
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All conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element of truth - it…
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What is commonly overlooked in using the computer is the fact that the central goal of design is still to obviate failure,…
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A failed structure provides a counterexample to a hypothesis and shows us incontrovertibly what cannot be done, while a structure that stands…
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Case studies of failure should be made a part of the vocabulary of every engineer so that he or she can recall…
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There's so much written about the Titanic, and it's hard to separate what's fact and what's fiction. My understanding is that the…
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No one wants to learn from mistakes, but we cannot learn enough from successes to go beyond the state of the art.
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The paradox is that when we model future designs on past successes, we are inviting failure down the line; when we take…
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I have always been fascinated by the way things work and how they came to take the form that they did. Writing…
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When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired.
— Pablo Picasso
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I surrender my anxiety and my sense of urgency. I allow God to guide me in the pacing of my life. I…
— Julia Cameron
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I write some crappy songs. ... but every once in a while I get just the right words put together for the…
— Bonnie Baker
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How do I relax? This might sound slightly ridiculous but I play the ukulele for at least an hour a day and…
— Frank Skinner
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I can't become satisfied, because if I get satisfied, I'll be like, "Oh, I've won Wimbledon, I've won the U.S. Open. Now…
— Serena Williams
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I relax by taking my bicycle apart and putting it back together again.
— Michelle Pfeiffer
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I relax and cast aside all mental burdens, allowing God to express through me His perfect love, peace, and wisdom.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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I don't really relax. When I sleep, I relax.
— Bryan Cranston
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I relax my body completely, relax my mind completely, and then imagine myself at a level where anything can happen.
— Richard Bach
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I relax and enjoy life. I know that whatever I need to know is revealed to me in the perfect time and…
— Louise Hay
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I don't actually watch many shows. I will either watch movies or football. I enjoy to watch games in the Premier League…
— Xavi
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The way I relax is I think, 'I haven't got anything coming up.' I like to know there are months ahead when…
— Julie Walters
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