Kent Beck Quotes

I lived near Santa Cruz for ten years, and the whole time, it bothered me what an exclusionary definition of 'inclusion' was in force. Social censure was applied to those who expressed unpopular or uncomfortable ideas.

Kent Beck

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TimeMeIdeasUncomfortableLived

Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.

John Fahey

MusicPeopleEarlyKnowKindMany

I don't know anyone who is a writer who isn't influenced by the relationships in their life.

Amos Lee

LifeKnowRelationshipsWhoWriter

Some parents let their kids sleep at other people's houses, where they drink alcohol, watch TV for hours and God knows what else. But if you say you have to get all A's and practice the violin for two hours, then they consider that abusive. That upsets me.

Amy Chua

GodSleepPracticeParentsPeople

I own one movie by fellow Swede Ingmar Bergman, because I have to. You can't be a movie critic with a collection of six or seven hundred DVDs that includes everything from 'Tokyo Story' to 'Poison Ivy: The New Seduction' and not have a Bergman movie.

Steve Erickson

StoryYouNewEverythingTokyoOwn

My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine.

Toots Thielemans

FatherMeThreeLittleGotMachine

It's common knowledge that most of the guys at Guantanamo are nobodies. Many were turned in by bounty hunters.

Trevor Paglen

KnowledgeCommonMostManyGuys

I believe that we all have a responsibility to give back. No one becomes successful without lots of hard work, support from others, and a little luck. Giving back creates a virtuous cycle that makes everyone more successful.

Ron Conway

WorkHard WorkResponsibilitySupport

I think that what's bizarre to me about life is that sometimes you have to have everything taken away before you experience grace or before you actually recognize that grace can happen to you.

Min Jin Lee

LifeExperienceGraceMeThinkYou

It is much better to have just one idea, and if the idea is clear, then you can fight for it. That is how you can get things done.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

FightBetterYouDoneThingsClear

Other than my memory being a bit woolly and my knees being a bit creaky, I don't really think there's anything I can't do.

Dawn French

MemoryThinkAnythingBeingKnees

All of my friends are really good dancers, which was initially why I never danced - we'd go out, and they would kill it, and I'd be like, 'Yeah, I'm just gonna sit at the bar.'

Chet Faker

GoodFriendsGoWhyNeverBar

You can get fake fur, which, if that's what you want - if you want that fur look - it looks just the same. It's really unnecessary to skin an animal when you can get something that looks just the same without hurting anything.

Christian Serratos

AnimalFakeYouLookLooksSkin

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