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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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Explain Head Listener Nod Program Wake
What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
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Acquire Attention Critical Detail Devote Fun Make Organization Plan Self
Optimization hinders evolution.
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Evolution Hinder One Liner Optimization
Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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Good Idea Responsible Them Will
Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Every Raeder Himself Periodically
Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
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First Laboratory Motto Often Research Think Today Tomorrow Work
It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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Against Children Education Go Grain Modern Program Teach
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
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Affect Fool Ignore Know Program Worth
Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
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Also Easy Handle Hard Improve Success Work
One can only display complex information in the mind.
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Complex Display Information Mind Only
Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
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Alternation Important Life Lovely Matter More Movement Picture Seek View
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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Build Down Everything Except First Time Up
Dealing with failure is easy.
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Deal Easy Failure
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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Conceptual Good Language Program Think Universe
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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Chance Earlier Program Specification Versa Vice
I don’t think we are. I think we’re responsible for stretching them, setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house.
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Direction House Keep Responsible Set Stretch Think

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