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Vernor Vinge quote: "Programming went back to the beginning of time. It was a..."
Programming went back to the beginning of time. It was a little like the midden out back of his father's castle. Vernor Vinge
They strive to attain their wishes by every available means, instructing and compelling themselves to dishonest and difficult acts. And when their labour is without reward, it is the fruitless disgrace that tortures them - they are not grieved to have desired evil things but to have desired in vain. Then remorse for what they began lays hold of them, and the fear of beginning again, and thence creeps in the agitation of mind which can find no relief - because neither can they rule nor can... Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Alain de Botton quote: "Only as we mature does affection begin to depend on achievement."
Only as we mature does affection begin to depend on achievement. Alain de Botton
Edith Wharton quote: "To begin with, I hate these new-fangled intermediate meals...."
To begin with, I hate these new-fangled intermediate meals. Why can't people eat enough at luncheon to last till dinner? Edith Wharton
We imagine that when we are thrown out of our usual ruts all is lost, but it is only then that what is new and good begins. While there is life there is happiness. There is much, much before us. Leo Tolstoy
In this world in which we live, there is a tendency for us to describe needed change, required help, and desired relief with the familiar phrase, ‘They ought to do something about this.’ We fail to define the word they. I love the message, ‘Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me. Thomas S. Monson
Knowledge is what man is all about. People like you have tried to hold back progress since the beginning of time. But they failed, and you failed. Man needs to know."Maybe," Sanders said. "But is that the only thing man needs? I don't think so. I think he also needs mystery, and poetry, and romance. I think he needs a few unanswered questions, to make him brood and wonder. George R. R. Martin
John Wooden quote: "We will begin by learning how to tie our shoes."
We will begin by learning how to tie our shoes. John Wooden
It was slowly beginning to dawn upon Henry that nothing is any fun if you can get as much of it as you want. Especially money. Roald Dahl
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one,” said the young lord, plucking another daisy. Hallward shook his head. “You don’t understand what friendship is, Harry,” he murmured -”or what enmity is, for that matter. You like everyone; that is to say, you are indifferent to everyone. Oscar Wilde
And oh, heaven - the crowded playhouse, the stench of perfume upon heated bodies, the silly laughter and the clatter, the party in the Royal box - the King himself present - the impatient crowd in the cheap seats stamping and shouting for the play to begin while they threw orange peel on to the stage. Daphne du Maurier
William Shakespeare quote: "What matters it what went before or after, Now with myself I..."
What matters it what went before or after, Now with myself I will begin and end. William Shakespeare
Tom Robbins quote: "In the beginning was the thing. And one thing led to another."
In the beginning was the thing. And one thing led to another. Tom Robbins
Scraps of memory: this is not how a climax should be written. A climax should surge towards its Himalayan peak; but I am left with shreds, and must jerk towards my crisis like a puppet with broken strings. This is not what I had planned; but perhaps the story you finish is never the one you begin. Salman Rushdie
Those who read this will not fail to laugh at my gallantries, and remark, that after very promising preliminaries, my most forward adventures concluded by a kiss of the hand: yet be not mistaken, reader, in your estimate of my enjoyments; I have, perhaps, tasted more real pleasure in my amours, which concluded by a kiss of the hand, than you will ever have in yours, which, at least, begin there. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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