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In this respect a program is like a poem: you cannot write a poem without writing it. Yet people talk about programming as if it… — Edsger Dijkstra
Your words have come true with a vengeance that I shd [should] be forestalled ... I never saw a more striking coincidence. If Wallace had… — Charles Darwin
DOCTOR. Always preceded by 'The good'. Among men, in familiar conversation, 'Oh! balls, doctor!' Is a wizard when he enjoys your confidence, a jack-ass when… — Gustave Flaubert
Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive. — Rudolf Virchow
All statements are true, if you are free to redefine their terms. — Thomas Sowell
One cannot explain words without making incursions into the sciences themselves, as is evident from dictionaries; and, conversely, one cannot present a science without at… — Gottfried Leibniz
Life cannot be classified in terms of a simple neurological ladder, with human beings at the top; it is more accurate to talk of different… — Brian Reynolds Myers
Both life-planning and the adoption of lifestyle options become (in principle) integrated with bodily regimes. It would be quite short-sighted to see this phenomenon only… — Anthony Giddens
In diminishing the role of the worker's body in the labor process, industrial technology has also tended to diminish the importance of the worker. In… — Shoshana Zuboff
Clearly, health and disease cannot be defined merely in terms of anatomical, physiological, or mental attributes. Their real measure is the ability of the individual… — Rene Dubos
In a world of alternative lifestyle options, strategic life planning becomes of special importance. Like lifestyle patterns, life plans of one kind or another are… — Anthony Giddens
Thinking in terms of risk certainly has its unsettling aspects (...), but it is also a means of seeking to stabilise outcomes, a mode of… — Anthony Giddens
Few nations do more than the United States to assist their least fortunate citizens-to make certain that no child, no elderly or handicapped citizen, no… — John F. Kennedy
The City is, in terms of its basic functioning, a far-off country of which we know little. — John Lanchester
Hello God, if we are still on speaking terms, can you help me? — Dolly Parton
You don't even know the sequences to the Human-Gnome Project, you haven't come to terms with your God yet. — Canibus
Our concerns about what we saw in Australia: an economy clearly tied to China has hitched its wagon to the tail of the tiger. In… — James Chanos
My musical knowledge is so bad it's embarrassing. When composers discuss music with someone as primitive as myself, they have to talk about it in… — Jane Campion
Since I was little, it was instilled in me to conserve water. In terms of what can you do as an individual, it's an easy… — Rachel Dratch
Demand is best measured in terms of spending. You know, I think in traditional economics, it's a mistake to measure it in terms of the… — Ray Dalio
The first thing I became interested in in terms of 'Brain Storm' was neuroscience, and that is like saying you're interested in the universe. So… — Richard Dooling
I used to think that you could get to a level of success where the laws of the universe didn't apply. But they do. It's… — Chris Farley
I have a fantastic wife, and not only in terms of external beauty. Her priority and mine is our children. That is our choice. — Luis Figo
The problem with Mr. Obama is that you get more regulation and it's a disincentive for businessmen to hire people. You probably also get higher… — Marc Faber
I will always be an advocate in terms of wars of necessity. I am just much more cautious on wars of choice. — Robert M. Gates

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