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"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."

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"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."

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"Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design."

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"I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look."

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"Often we don't see the majesty of God's design because we're caught up in the mediocrity of our own designs."

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"God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him."

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"For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a profoundly human situation."

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"Work is designed to be in your own field of calling."

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"God did not simply decide to create heaven and earth. He had a vision."

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"I studied literature design and fashion design."

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"Everyone by now presumably knows about the danger of premature optimization. I think we should be just as worried about premature design - designing too early what a program should do."

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"I design for the woman who loves being a woman."

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"Words used carelessly, as if they did not matter in any serious way, often allowed otherwise well-guarded truths to seep through."
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"In fact, Lig never formally resigned his editorship-he merely left his office late one morning, and has never returned since. Though well over a century has now passed, many members of the Guide staff still retain the romantic notion that he has simply popped out for a sandwich and will yet return to put in a solid afternoon's work. Strictly speaking, all editors since Lig Lury Jr., have therefore been designated acting editors, and Lig's desk is still preserved the way he left it, with the addition of a small sign that says LIG LURY, JR., EDITOR, MISSING, PRESUMED FED."
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