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"Then, I started running. And everything was as good as it could be."

"The Canadian run can be no different, at least in terms of actual running."

"I found them uncomfortable and after that I decided to continue running barefoot because I found it more comfortable. I felt more in touch with what was happening - I could actually feel the track."

"When you've got eight or nine or ten cables running around with someone trying to operate them, it's too much."

"I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running."

"I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps."

"I plan to be running as long as I can and have no plans to stop."

"We used to lift weights a couple of times a week, we did a lot of running. I enjoyed the variety."
Explore more quotes by Wietse Venema

"Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists."

"However, writing software without defects is not sufficient. In my experience, it is at least as difficult to write software that is safe - that is, software that behaves reasonably under adverse conditions."

"I was going to visit IBM for six months as a visiting scientist. Now, six months is a lot of time, so I came with a whole list of projects that I might want to work on."

"Coming back to the topic of computer security, the TCP Wrapper is an example of such a safety net. I wrote it when my systems were under attack by someone who appeared to walk through walls."

"For many people my software is something that you install and forget. I like to keep it that way."

"I don't expect an overnight change of all desktops to what the US Military used to call B3 level security. And even that would not stop users from shooting themselves into the foot."

"In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with all kinds of possible failures in equipment. That is probably where I learned to rely on multiple safety nets inside and around my systems."
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