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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.


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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.



Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.

Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.



Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.



When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop.

When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop.



It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.

It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.



In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.

In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.



There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.

There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.



A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.

A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.



Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon.

Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon.



If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.

If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.





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I think when you go through something that changes you, it is profound in a way and if somebody is helping you, it brings you closer together.



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All of your brain cells rotting from weed, feeling like if you ain’t got it life’s not as complete.



The constitution expects every man to do his duty; and when he fails the law urges him; or should he do too much; the same master rebukes him.

The constitution expects every man to do his duty; and when he fails the law urges him; or should he do too much; the same master rebukes him.



Every heart has a divine intelligence and natural guidance system. With every prayer, every meditation and every thought of love, we tune in to ours.

Every heart has a divine intelligence and natural guidance system. With every prayer, every meditation and every thought of love, we tune in to ours.



Some missionaries are giants in the Spirit and pygmies in skills in the Spirit. Work hard to develop a balance. Your leaders, and you, should teach the skills to each other.

Some missionaries are giants in the Spirit and pygmies in skills in the Spirit. Work hard to develop a balance. Your leaders, and you, should teach the skills to each other.



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The thing is not only to avoid error, but to attain immense masses of truth.




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