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Washington Post Magazine

Washington Post Magazine

At Group L, Stoffel oversees

At Group L, Stoffel oversees six first-rate programmers, a managerial challenge roughly comparable to herding cats.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Talk not of wasted affection,

Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted,
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Chinese Proverb

Chinese Proverb

Unles we change direction, we

Unles we change direction, we are likely to wind up where we are headed.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

What can we see, read,

What can we see, read, acquire, but ourselves. Take the book, my friend, and read your eyes out, you will never find there what I find.
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George Washington

George Washington

Government is not reason; it

Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! It is a dangerous servant and a terrible master.
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Jean de La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine

Nothing is so dangerous as

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend;
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

It is my belief, Watson,

It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.
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Lenny Bruce

Lenny Bruce

There are no dirty words,

There are no dirty words, only dirty minds.
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Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

They say that time changes

They say that time changes things, but actually you have to change them yourself.
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Anne Besant

Anne Besant

Knowledge is essential to conquest;

Knowledge is essential to conquest; only according to our ignorance are we helpless. Thought creates character. Character can dominate conditions. Will creates circumstances and environment.
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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Everything passes. Everything changes. Just

Everything passes. Everything changes. Just do what you think you should do.
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Bill Nye

Bill Nye

The more you find out

The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.
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Artemus Ward

Artemus Ward

Why is this thus? What

Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?
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Sir Thomas More

Sir Thomas More

Nay, tempt me not to

Nay, tempt me not to love again:
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Anonymous

Anonymous

The greatest oak was once

The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground....
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Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin

Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin

Eh! Je suis leur chef,

Eh! Je suis leur chef, il fallait bien les suivre.
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William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth

What though the radiance which

What though the radiance which was once so bright
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Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal

Before the Gulf War started,

Before the Gulf War started, the Iraqi Army was the the fourth largest in the world. Now, its the second largest army in Iraq.
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Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh

Suffering is none the less

Suffering is none the less acute and much more lasting when it is put into words.
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Charles Grodin

Charles Grodin

Everyone is having a harder

Everyone is having a harder time than it appears.
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Benjamin Johnson

Benjamin Johnson

It is not growing like

It is not growing like a tree
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Larry Wall in

Larry Wall in

Real programmers can write assembly

Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. :-)
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George S. Patton

George S. Patton

If a man does his

If a man does his best, what more is there to ask for?
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Sylvia Levi

Sylvia Levi

She (India) has left indelible

She (India) has left indelible imprints on one fourth of the human race in the course of a long succession of centuries. She has the right to reclaim... her place amongst the great nations summarizing and symbolizing the spirit of humanity. From Persia to the Chinese sea, from the icy regions of Siberia to Islands of Java and Borneo, India has propagated her beliefs, her tales, and her civilization.
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