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Design Quotes
"But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs."
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"For many years, I have lived uncomfortably with the belief that most planning and architectural design suffers for lack of real and basic purpose. The ultimate purpose, it seems to me, must be the improvement of mankind."
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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."
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"I like the body. I like to design everything to do with the body."
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"And just when we were at the end of our design process there was the news that the Italian government and the U.S. government had signed an agreement to fly the first Italian astronaut on that flight."
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"It would be nice to design a real briefcase - you open it up and it's your computer but it also stores your books."
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"I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the people that you're making it for really convinced me of how powerful a thing design is. It's not just an aesthetic decoration."
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"Whenever I design any variant, or when anybody sends me one, I always say if at all possible within the context of the game don't have two home supply centers touching each other."
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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."
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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."
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"When you design it, think how you would feel if you had to fly it! Safety first!"
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"I gave the couple a hint of a design that would work great with the bones of their home. They weren't ready for it, and they embarrassed themselves and that's too bad."
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"A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker."
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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."
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"I just bought a Mac to help me design the next Cray."
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"How can you look at the Texas legislature and still believe in intelligent design?"
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"We are not inferring design to account for a black box, but to account for an open box."
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"Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works."
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"Throughout the country, I see the same design problems and solutions over and over."
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"By the fourth grade, I graduated to an erector set and spent many happy hours constructing devices of unknown purpose where the main design criterion was to maximize the number of moving parts and overall size."
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"My training as an engineer has enabled me to design the stuff, but the reason I do it is not to make music but for the opportunity to work with musicians."
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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."
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"Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense authorization bill."
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"Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one."
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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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"So if I design it and then go away, it's still living somewhere and it still exists by itself without me."
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"Clearly, programming courses should teach methods of design and construction, and the selected examples should be such that a gradual development can be nicely demonstrated."
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"Three years ago the Government announced the creation of Reconciliation Place, and said that it would include a memorial to those removed from their families. However, they refused to include any of those who were removed in the design of their own memorial."
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"Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design."
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"I actually started as a model builder and quickly progressed into production design, which made sense because I could draw and paint. But I kept watching that guy over there who was moving the actors around and setting up the shots."
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"I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design."
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