Quote by Donald Knuth
Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of prog

Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs. Instead of imagining that our main task is to instruct a computer what to do, let us concentrate rather on explaining to human beings what we want a computer to do. – Donald Knuth

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I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of ones contributions to computer science. – Donald Knuth

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Science
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I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop – it has no Internet connection. I occasionally carry flash memory drives between this machine and the Macs that I use for network surfing and graphics but I trust my family jewels only to Linux. – Donald Knuth

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Trust
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People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like. Otherwise the programs they write will be pretty weird. – Donald Knuth

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Try to look on the bright side of things; if the bright side is not immediately evident, keep looking. It is better to be busy than depressed. – Dr. Idel Dreimer, www.lumpenbangenpiano.com

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In the late 70s, maybe just before I started, there was still an attitude that if you did film you didnt do TV and vice versa, but thats gone now. – Robert Carlyle

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People are patronizing the theatres with renewed enthusiasm – there is an entire picnic-like attitude when families go out to see movies, which is a very good sign. They want to see larger-than-life characters on the big screen and not just watch movies on television or on DVDs. – Salman Khan

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A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body — the wishbone. – Robert Frost

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There are offences given and offences not given but taken. – Izaak Walton

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Millions have been taken from me. If you are not on top of it and you make a lot of money, and you trust business managers, then, yes, money will be taken from you. – Stephanie Mills

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Hate the sin and love the sinner. – Mohandas Gandhi

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This was a time frame when dance music and clubs were having a real impact on culture, and it had an impact on me. – Tori Amos

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