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"I try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily deal with anything new that comes up."
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"When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows," people just stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, for free.""
"I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can."
"I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product."
"There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is."
"Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program."
"I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs."
"That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle."
"The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it."
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"The Hammer was a hard man, a smart man too, and he took pride in always having a plan 'b'. For those troubling occasions when plan 'b' didn't work, he would strive to also have a plan 'c' in place. In short, he was the kind of man who always had something up his sleeve besides his funny bone. The pilot, his trusted second man gave him a worried look. "What do we do now?"
"The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fattest one."
"Why leave your success up to dumb luck or accident when you can take a stand, make a plan, and be proactive in your pursuits and possibilities?"
"There are batons that you will obviously choose to pass on, upon your death, but there are others that would be advisable you pass on whilst you are still alive. Implement as practicable as possible, all succession elements that can be done whilst you are still alive so that you can ensure they are done according to your will/desire."
"You have to write down what you really want to do in this life and then you have to write down what you have to do every day to achieve the goal."
"Your life must be planned in such a way that you could get to a stage when you can say every day of your life is being converted to a product."
"Plan from your internal or spiritual view of things. The external view always has a way of distorting, discouraging and limiting your dream."
"Divide the target in proportion to the available resources."
"All achievers had plans that they clearly listed or outlined and run to their fulfillment. If you want to make it as they did, you have to make a plan that defines your purpose; you must write out and clearly define who you are and who you want to be, what you have to do to be that person and how it will be done."
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