“I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs.” My OwnMistakeFindingsProgramI RealizedProgrammingProgrammersComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesComputer LanguageComputer ProgrammersFunny ComputerProgramming FunnyDebuggingCoders Author:Maurice Wilkes
“At some point in my life I realized I knew only celebrities, I didn't know any real people. I think it was a master stroke of Fate that in researching the greatest celebrity of them all, I would at last be meeting real people, finding them more extraordinary than celebrities; fascinated by them all and enjoying enduring friendships with some.” PeopleThinkingKnowsRealLastsEnjoyFateMastersFindingsMeetingsExtraordinaryEndureI RealizedFascinatedStrokes Author:Elaine Dundy
“In my mid 30's, after a decade or so of giving full time to the music thing and finding myself with about $10 in the bank and no assets other than my musical equipment, I realized I needed to get serious about making a living.” GivingSeriousNeededFindingsMusicalDecadesI RealizedAssetsEquipmentMaking A LivingFinding Myself Author:Marc Edwards
“I started thinking what could happen with my art and I realized that the biggest thing that could is that it winds up in a museum. It's like finding a rare animal and putting it in the zoo.” ThinkingArtHappensAnimalWindFindingsI RealizedMuseumsZoos Author:Patti Smith
“I realized that after finding this thing that allowed me to express myself - acting - and being encouraged by a few people that I could do it, I had kind of grabbed onto it and dug in my claws in a way that was maybe a bit unhealthy. I allowed myself to get into a headspace where I lived or died by what I achieved in this particular field.” PeopleWayKindBitsActingFieldsParticularFindingsDiedI RealizedUnhealthyClaws Author:Andrew Garfield
“This soldier, I realized, must have had friends at home and in his regiment; yet he lay there deserted by all except his dog. I looked on, unmoved, at battles which decided the future of nations. Tearless, I had given orders which brought death to thousands. Yet here I was stirred, profoundly stirred, stirred to tears. And by what? By the grief of one dog. Napoleon Bonaparte, on finding a dog beside the body of his dead master, licking his face and howling, on a moonlit field after a battle. Napoleon was haunted by this scene until his own death.” HomeBodyFacesOrderGivenNationsGriefDogFieldsTearsMastersSceneBattleFindingsDecidedLaysSoldierI RealizedDesertedLickingDog LossBonaparte Author:Napoleon Bonaparte