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Ken Thompson Quotes

The average gardener probably knows little about what is going on in his or her garden.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: February 4, 1943

Topics

Garden Average Little Her Going His

Everybody gathered at my Aunt Hannah's house, and we sat around and talked, ate, drank and told lies. That's what people do, and I just sat there and listened.

People House Aunt Just Lies Around

MLK, Jr. taught me how to say no to segregation, and I can hear him saying now... when you straighten up your back, no man can ride you. He said stand up straight and say no to racial discrimination.

Ride Man Me Saying Stand Up Stand

What bothers me about TV is that it tends to take our minds off our minds.

Me Minds Take Off Our TV

The first season of 'Community' stumbled a bit because the plotlines too often veered into realism, but that is not a problem anymore. Not when prize episodes concern a campuswide blanket fort, or a secret garden with a magic trampoline.

Community Problem Magic Garden First

I think that I've always been a kind of structured person.

Think Person Kind Always Been

Rosecrans is a family name - it used to be a last name in our family.

Rosecrans Baldwin

Family Name Used Last Our

Having been through the muck and mire, I've had my own brush with bad choices.

Michael K. Williams

Choices Bad My Own Bad Choices Own

I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.

Father Mother Dreams Future Me True

Starting out, iRobot was not an economic rocket ship. It took six and a half years before we had enough money in the bank at the beginning of each month to make payroll. We always made it - we paid salaries at the end of the month, and I always had four weeks to figure things out.

Money Beginning Ship End Enough Out

If an artist can take two minutes to tweet a fan and make his or her day, why wouldn't they take advantage of that?

Day Artist Why Take Advantage Two

I took and received campaign donations under the existing laws.

Sheila Jackson Lee

Laws Existing Campaign Took Received

I grew up when 'Schoolhouse Rock' taught millions of American kids how a bill becomes a law.

Law American Rock Up Kids How

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