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"The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable roots in the language or design of the Constitution."
Byron White
"The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable roots in the language or design of the Constitution."
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"Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail."
Robert Shea
"Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail."
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"Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition."
Freeman Thomas
"Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition."
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"I am going to design... a Station after my own fancy; that is, with engineering roofs, etc."
Isambard K. Brunel
"I am going to design... a Station after my own fancy; that is, with engineering roofs, etc."
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"It's all in how you arrange the thing... the careful balance of the design is the motion."
Andrew Wyeth
"It's all in how you arrange the thing... the careful balance of the design is the motion."
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"But my point is that you design something in the end that precludes any unhealthy trading practices that are not going to serve your environmental or your economic objectives but now is not the time to do it."
John Anderson
"But my point is that you design something in the end that precludes any unhealthy trading practices that are not going to serve your environmental or your economic objectives but now is not the time to do it."
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"Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one."
Carlos Ghosn
"Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one."
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"Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design."
Stephen Gardiner
"Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design."
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"I'm opinionated. I always stick to my design plan. I don't waver."
Douglas Wilson
"I'm opinionated. I always stick to my design plan. I don't waver."
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"At our company, our Design and Construction Consulting Service Team not only helps eliminate the risks inherent in the construction process, they typically save our clients 5% - 10% on overall construction costs. They also help make sure projects come in on time."
Roger Staubach
"At our company, our Design and Construction Consulting Service Team not only helps eliminate the risks inherent in the construction process, they typically save our clients 5% - 10% on overall construction costs. They also help make sure projects come in on time."
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"I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting."
Jim Henson
"I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting."
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"Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design."
Jef Raskin
"Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design."
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"That was always my frustration with so many of these shows, because design is not an ambush... it's a relationship. You have to know how people move and live and work to be able to design for them."
Genevieve Gorder
"That was always my frustration with so many of these shows, because design is not an ambush... it's a relationship. You have to know how people move and live and work to be able to design for them."
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"It is not that you do wrong by design, but that you should never do right by mistake."
Junius
"It is not that you do wrong by design, but that you should never do right by mistake."
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"In two days, it's hard to to get the quality you would normally want for a design project."
Douglas Wilson
"In two days, it's hard to to get the quality you would normally want for a design project."
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"The interesting thing is when we design and architect a server, we don't design it for Windows or Linux, we design it for both. We don't really care, as long as we're selling the one the customer wants."
Michael Dell
"The interesting thing is when we design and architect a server, we don't design it for Windows or Linux, we design it for both. We don't really care, as long as we're selling the one the customer wants."
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"In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power."
Orville Wright
"In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power."
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"And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of a spectacular skyline, which Manhattan, of course, needs. So, that is really the design as a whole."
Daniel Libeskind
"And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of a spectacular skyline, which Manhattan, of course, needs. So, that is really the design as a whole."
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"A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life."
Charlie Byrd
"A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life."
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"So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed."
Debi Thomas
"So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed."
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"Design is everything. Everything!"
Paul Rand
"Design is everything. Everything!"
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"The argument for intelligent design basically depends on saying, 'You haven't answered every question with evolution,'... Well, guess what? Science can't answer every question."
Kenneth Miller
"The argument for intelligent design basically depends on saying, 'You haven't answered every question with evolution,'... Well, guess what? Science can't answer every question."
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"I finished high school there and then I went to Rhode Island School of Design."
Stephen Sprouse
"I finished high school there and then I went to Rhode Island School of Design."
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"When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space."
Tadao Ando
"When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space."
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"So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward."
Genevieve Gorder
"So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward."
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"Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State."
Ginny B. Waite
"Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State."
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"Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually."
Yukihiro Matsumoto
"Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually."
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"Longhorns are unique - each and every one of them is a different color with a different design."
Janine Turner
"Longhorns are unique - each and every one of them is a different color with a different design."
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"I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality."
Marc Newson
"I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality."
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"The New Testament evinces its universal design in its very, style, which alone distinguishes it from all the literary productions of earlier and later times."
Philip Schaff
"The New Testament evinces its universal design in its very, style, which alone distinguishes it from all the literary productions of earlier and later times."
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"After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America."
Russ Carnahan
"After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America."
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"Design works if it's authentic, inspired, and has a clear point of view. It can't be a collection of input."
Ron Johnson
"Design works if it's authentic, inspired, and has a clear point of view. It can't be a collection of input."
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"I tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design."
Mikhail Kalashnikov
"I tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design."
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"We want people to realize you are at a design school, not a land grant college. The way we look says a great deal about who we are."
James Hall
"We want people to realize you are at a design school, not a land grant college. The way we look says a great deal about who we are."
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"Good design doesn't date."
Harry Seidler
"Good design doesn't date."
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"Well, yes, I mean, I think that, you know, my sources suggest that there's a lot of support for the notion that there is a lot of Koran abuse and that it was very much a systematic design, not just an aberration."
Jane Mayer
"Well, yes, I mean, I think that, you know, my sources suggest that there's a lot of support for the notion that there is a lot of Koran abuse and that it was very much a systematic design, not just an aberration."
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"Looking back, video game design seems a natural fit, although there was no such thing when I was growing up. I built a Tic-Tac-Toe playing machine in my teens which went up in smoke on the night it was scheduled to go to a science fair."
David Crane
"Looking back, video game design seems a natural fit, although there was no such thing when I was growing up. I built a Tic-Tac-Toe playing machine in my teens which went up in smoke on the night it was scheduled to go to a science fair."
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"Outside of the chair, the teapot is the most ubiquitous and important design element in the domestic environment and almost everyone who has tackled the world of design has ended up designing one."
David McFadden
"Outside of the chair, the teapot is the most ubiquitous and important design element in the domestic environment and almost everyone who has tackled the world of design has ended up designing one."
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"I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and civic buildings."
Daniel Libeskind
"I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and civic buildings."
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"IBM was the original contractor for much of the computer interface design on the film."
Douglas Trumbull
"IBM was the original contractor for much of the computer interface design on the film."
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"So that ideas of sort of relaxed symmetry have been something for years that I have been concerned with because I think that symmetry is a neutral shape as opposed to a form of design."
Robert Rauschenberg
"So that ideas of sort of relaxed symmetry have been something for years that I have been concerned with because I think that symmetry is a neutral shape as opposed to a form of 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."
Paul Graham
"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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"Unfortunately, the client that exists today is still pretty much the prototype design."
Shawn Fanning
"Unfortunately, the client that exists today is still pretty much the prototype design."
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"Design schools are good, I guess, sometimes I visit schools, but they are very very limiting."
Marc Newson
"Design schools are good, I guess, sometimes I visit schools, but they are very very limiting."
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"Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department."
Tom Peters
"Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department."
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"Accessible design is good design."
Steve Ballmer
"Accessible design is good design."
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"The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden."
Stephen Gardiner
"The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden."
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"It is relatively easy to design for the perfect cases, when everything goes right, or when all the information required is available in proper format."
Donald Norman
"It is relatively easy to design for the perfect cases, when everything goes right, or when all the information required is available in proper format."
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"I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps design you for some singular service in the world."
David Brainerd
"I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps design you for some singular service in the world."
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"To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need."
Charles Eames
"To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need."
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