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You think you KNOW when you learn.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
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Certain Even More Program Sure Teach Write
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
There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Free Such Thing Variable
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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Lisp Parentheses Pen Programmer Thought Toast
In English every word can be verbed.
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English Language Language Programming Languages
You think you KNOW when you learn.
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Can Know Learn Sure Write
Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
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Also Easy Handle Hard Improve Success Work
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Computer Country English Made Probably Speak
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
Banality soothes our nerves.
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Banality Nerve Our
Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
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Cheval Everything Follow Horse Language Learn Same Trivial Way Word
Any noun can be verbed.
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Any Noun One Liner Verb
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
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Bloom Computer Flower Fortean Grow Hardy Occasionally Weed
Dealing with failure is easy.
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Deal Easy Failure
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
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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Attention Irrelevant Language Low Program Require

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