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I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop - it has no I

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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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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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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Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do. – Donald Knuth

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I like women, but you cant always trust them. Some of them are big liars, like this one woman I met who had a dog. I asked her her dogs name and then I asked, Does he bite? and she said, No. And I said, So how does he eat? Liar! – Demetri Martin

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Your political reputation affects how likely allies are to trust you, and what kind of deals theyll offer at the negotiating table. Theres also some emotional response in there, so factions do bear grudges. Just like the real thing. – Mike Simpson

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Trust your instincts: they tend to see you right. By listening to them, at least you can sleep at night. – Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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Superman was never previewed because the producers didnt trust Warners with the film. – Richard Donner

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