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Bjarne Stroustrup Quotes

I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining.

Bjarne Stroustrup

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: danish
Birth: December 30, 1950

Topics

Support Find Programming Paradigm

Keep in mind that there are computers, that do touch things up. Like when I got a hold of the poster for 'Gold Diggers,' I said: 'Hey, wait a minute! Those aren't my teeth!'

Mind Wait Gold Computers Said Teeth

I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.

Trying Nice Difficult Historical Got

One thing people would be surprised to know about me: I have a mean roundhouse kick. And my guilty pleasure? Deep fried pig ears!

Suki Waterhouse

People Me Deep Guilty Pig Know

I never get enough sleep, even when I travel. I wake up in the middle of the night, either with the help of my kids or because my mind is going. I wish I got eight hours a night, but it is more like an interrupted six or seven. The secret is to go to sleep well before midnight.

Travel Sleep Mind Night Wake Up Go

I think our everyday coded language around 'good neighborhoods' and 'bad neighborhoods' is what allows for tremendous violence to happen... When you label a neighborhood 'bad' and avoid it, then you don't know and don't see what goes on there. And there's no human face to interrupt that narrative.

Good Face Think Language Violence

As someone who writes and teaches YA fiction, I spend a lot of time trying to define its character and readership, and I don't think I'm alone - genres are all about boundary drawing, and the YA genre is, in a lot of ways, about carving out boundaries around adolescence, a space for teenagers to do teenage things.

Robin Wasserman

Character Alone Time Space Think

They are always telling us that Carolina Blue is not a color, that it is really Columbia blue or sky blue. But there is no bad blood amongst the teammates. All of our kidding is in good fun.

Good Sky Fun Blue Color Bad

I know I've done good things, I know I've done bad things.

Good Good Things Bad Know Done

Some people say the people I'm fighting are bums, but I don't see it like that.

People Fighting Say Some People See

We were reminded first-hand of the work that still needs to be done in Iraq on the security front when insurgents fired five rounds into the base while we were still meeting with the nurses.

Work Security Meeting Done Fired

When I did 'Racing Demon' by David Hare, I worked with Paul Giamatti, who had stacks of books in his dressing room. I was offstage a lot, so I would go read in his room. He was reading a four-part series on the Byzantine Empire by Alexander A. Vasiliev. I read two of those during the run of the play.

Reading Racing Play Go Run Dressing

Well I do find the beauty in animals. I find beauty everywhere. I find beauty in my garden.

Beauty Gardening Garden Find Animals

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