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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living defi

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word frustration. – Alan Perlis

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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical. – Alan Perlis

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

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Kids today are smarter than we ever were. And theyve got computers, too, which is awesome. Theyre scary to me. – David Arquette

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Spreadsheet: a kind of program that lets you sit at your desk and ask all kinds of neat “what if?” questions and generate thousands of numbers instead of actually working. – Dave Barry, Claw Your Way to the Top

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I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. Weve created life in our own image. – Stephen Hawking

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I dont care how big and fast computers are, theyre not as big and fast as the world. – Herbert Simon

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To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal. – William James

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Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell. – Edna St. Vincent Millay

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In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money. – Carter G. Woodson

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You are fastened to them and cannot understand how, because they are not fastened to you. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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