Edsger Dijkstra Quotes

Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.

Edsger Dijkstra

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: May 11, 1930 - August 6, 2002

Topics

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There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.

Joe DiMaggio

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In this most powerful nation in the world, lack of access to health care should not force local and state governments, companies and workers into bankruptcy, while causing unnecessary illness and hospitalization.

John Conyers

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It is going to sound cliched, but my husband has been incredibly helpful.

Ana Patricia Botin

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I wouldn't say in all situations, but a lot of times kids can be the most reasonable people around because they don't have the deal with all the drama that goes along with being an adult.

RJ Mitte

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I'm a very rigorous person. I like to take exercise. People get mired in old age, they get bent and twisted, but I can stop that.

Ruth Rendell

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For filmmakers who've made multiple movies, they have experience, but they only have experience of themselves as a filmmaker. Whereas I'm bouncing around from different skill sets: the organizational ability of Ridley Scott to the precision of a Ron Howard to the artistic sensibilities of a Peter Weir... to the scope of a Tom Hooper.

Russell Crowe

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I made it to protect the motherland.

Mikhail Kalashnikov

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Every child should be given a strong start to their education.

Martin O'Malley

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Whether I'm performing or directing, I'm aways thinking about rhythm; sometimes it's nailing the right rhythm, and sometimes it's intentionally breaking the rhythm. Those two things are what make something funny or not. How long a shot is and where you put the camera are all part of that rhythm of directing.

Jay Chandrasekhar

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I never want to lose the audience's attention or break up the party, but at the same time, it would be weird not to do some new music.

Dierks Bentley

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The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time.

Douglas Coupland

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I'm not some schmuck they just hired and threw down in the Performance Center and gave him an entrance or anything that like. I've been around enough and have enough experience; I know what I'm doing pretty much.

Dean Ambrose

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