Escritas — Poems List

George Du Maurier

Sick I am of idle

Sick I am of idle words, past all reconciling,

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Larry Wall

It is easier to port

It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.

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Mark Twain

So far as I am

So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked.

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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Freedom and indedendence form my

Freedom and indedendence form my character.

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Larry Wall in Configure from the perl distribution

[End of diatribe. We now

[End of diatribe. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming...]

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

I find the great thing

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

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Gay

Shall ignorance of good and

Shall ignorance of good and ill

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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Science is the only true

Science is the only true guide in life.

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John von Neumann

You wake me up early

You wake me up early in the morning to tell me I am right? Please wait until I am wrong.

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Wall Street Proverb

Buy on the rumor; sell

Buy on the rumor; sell on the news.

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Margaret Cho

The first thing you lose

The first thing you lose on a diet is brain mass.

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R. A. Butler

Politics is largely a matter

Politics is largely a matter of heart.

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Wernher von Braun

Man is the best computer

Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft... and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor.

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James Clarke

A politician thinks of the

A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman of the next generation.

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R. A. Butler

In politics you must always

In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves.

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Cynthia Wang

Persistence plus no dignity equals

Persistence plus no dignity equals success.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

Speak clearly, if you speak

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

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J. D. Watson

One could not be a

One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.

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