Kent Beck Quotes

We could talk, act, and dress funny. We were excused for socially inappropriate behavior: 'Oh, he's a programmer'. It was all because we knew this technology stuff that other people found completely mystifying.

Kent Beck

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I remember being afraid of doing drag when I was younger because I didn't really like my feminine side - most gay guys at some point are told that that's the worst part of you, so that becomes a negative thing.

John Cameron Mitchell

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And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

Andrew Carnegie

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In fact when I first got my Apple II the first thing I did was turn it on and off, on and off, just because I had the power to do so, which I'd never had on a computer before.

Andy Hertzfeld

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Divorce is fairly common these days, and I think many times people disregard the emotional impact that divorce has on a couple and a family, because it happens so frequently.

Steve Carell

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I learned at a young age that we were going to have to be personable, going to have to be marketable, and going to have to be creative in order to have a race team.

Robby Gordon

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There's childhood and early onset bipolar, but it transitions in your early adulthood into something a little bit different, and extremely severe. It was at that time that my impulse control just went out the window. Impulse control when you're manic just disappears.

Marya Hornbacher

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The initials BP used to stand for British Petroleum, but like Kentucky Fried Chicken, they changed their name to improve their image. Apparently, 'Petroleum,' like the word 'Fried,' connoted a company too oily for American tastes.

Luis Gutierrez

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I am a tenor buff. I hear myself.

Luciano Pavarotti

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My first show was at my friend Corey Petrick's basement in Bucks County, PA.

Joshua Ostrander

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I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whether I'm going to fall flat on my face.

Johnny Depp

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It is a scary world out there, and believe me that if someone were to try to come into my house, I want to be able to protect myself.

Johnny Van Zant

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At boarding school you had to wear your name across your chest and your back, and obviously I had a pretty funny name. It wasn't Brown or Smith or Hughes.

Diane Cilento

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