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If you're utopian, you're never satisfied.

Alan Kay

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Alan Kay
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: May 17
Computer Scientist
Jazz Guitarist
Jazz Musician
Programmer
University Teacher
Springfield
Massachusetts
Alan Curtis Kay
Alan C. Kay
Utopian
Satisfied
Never

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I hired finishers because I'm a good starter and a poor finisher.
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