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The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure.

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Alan Kay
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: May 17
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Springfield
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Understanding- -like civilization, happiness, music, science and a host of other great endeavors--is not a state of being, but a manner of traveling. This great road has no final destination. The journey itself is the reward.
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In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently.
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Technology is anything invented after you were born, everything else is just stuff.
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Perl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then being a real problem in the longer term.
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If you're utopian, you're never satisfied.
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Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.
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We cannot predict the future, but we can invent it.
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