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"The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases."

"Don't look for meaning in life. It was meant to be lived not understood."

"A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it."

"Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin."

"The value of tolerance is central to living in today's world - especially in diverse places like the Bronx."

"Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live and a good day to die. Every day is also an apt time to learn and express joy and love for the entire natural world. Each day is an apt time to make contact with other people and express empathy for the entire world. Each day is perfect to accept with indifference all aspects of being."

"I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972."

"I'm not completely sure we aren't all living in a hallucination now."
Explore more quotes by Alan Perlis

"I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it."

"A picture is worth 10K words - but only those to describe the picture. Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures."

"You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN."

"The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman."
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