Jon Evans Quotes

Basically, a manager's job is to make other people more productive. What's one really good way to do that? Do the work that is getting in their way. Which means find out what kind of important work your developers dislike the most, and do it for them.

Jon Evans

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It's very expensive to be me. It's terrible the things I have to do to be me.

Anna Nicole Smith

MeExpensiveThingsTerribleVery

I didn't ever imagine, except in the most idle, obviously wish-fulfillment, ego-gratification fantasies, that anything I wrote would ever win awards, let alone so many.

Ann Leckie

AloneWinAwardsIdleAnythingMost

I go into the whole composer thing quite open to keep on going and keep on trying different things because you never know... the next idea you have might be the one.

Steven Price

TryingYouGoKnowNeverOpen

The Senkaku islands are inherently Japanese territory. I want to show my strong determination to prevent this from changing.

Shinzo Abe

DeterminationStrongWantChanging

If terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction against the U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have catastrophic consequences for our cherished republican form of government.

Tommy Franks

GovernmentConsequencesRepublican

I think the Brazil system is similar to the one we use at Liverpool, with lots of movement, players open out wide, and quality midfielders who join the attack and score goals.

Roberto Firmino

GoalsQualityThinkMovementOpen

If we make it national policy that we will support small farmers the way we support agribusiness, we'll suddenly see it change in terms of the cost of organic food.

Ruth Reichl

ChangeFoodSupportSmallWillWay

I've made mistakes, usually when I felt backed against a wall or faced enormous pressure. I'm human and flawed.

Mike Gallagher

MistakesPressureWallHumanAgainst

I want kids of this generation to see that everything is cool, that there's some kind of unity in hip-hop. We all found something that's really important to us, and music is all we've really got.

Missy Elliott

MusicCoolUnityGenerationKind

A man is a better citizen of the United States for being also a loyal citizen of his state and of his city; for being loyal to his family and to his profession or trade; for being loyal to his college or his lodge.

Louis D. Brandeis

FamilyManCityCollegeBetter

I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing.

Julia Leigh

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I felt good in all my fights. It's all in the preparation. I prepare myself for all of them. And I felt good in all my fights.

Juan Manuel Marquez

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