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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."

"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, American Scientist

Design, Danger, Now

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"Longhorns are unique - each and every one of them is a different color with a different design."

"Longhorns are unique - each and every one of them is a different color with a different design."

Janine Turner, American Actress

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"The federal debt in this country is principally of Republican design."

"The federal debt in this country is principally of Republican design."

Daniel Keys Moran, American Writer

Design, Country, Debt, Republican

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"We must carefully consider card security solutions, such as adding photographs or machine-readable electronic strips, so to prevent further breaches of individual privacy that could result from changes to the design of Social Security Cards."

"We must carefully consider card security solutions, such as adding photographs or machine-readable electronic strips, so to prevent further breaches of individual privacy that could result from changes to the design of Social Security Cards."

Ron Lewis, American Politician

Design, Cards, Machine, Privacy

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"I've been amazed at how often those outside the discipline of design assume that what designers do is decoration. Good design is problem solving."

"I've been amazed at how often those outside the discipline of design assume that what designers do is decoration. Good design is problem solving."

Jeffery Veen, American Entrepreneur

Design, Discipline

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"The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows."

"The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows."

Frank Zappa, American Musician

Design, Computer

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"There were IBM logos designed for the film, and there were IBM design consultants working with Kubrick on the layout of the controls and computer screens."

"There were IBM logos designed for the film, and there were IBM design consultants working with Kubrick on the layout of the controls and computer screens."

Douglas Trumbull, American Director

Design, Computer, Film

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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."

"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, Canadian Poet

Design, Environment, World

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"You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality."

"You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality."

Walt Disney, American Cartoonist

Design, People, Dream, Reality

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"No architect troubled to design houses that suited people who were to live in them, because that would have meant building a whole range of different houses. It was far cheaper and, above all, timesaving to make them identical."

"No architect troubled to design houses that suited people who were to live in them, because that would have meant building a whole range of different houses. It was far cheaper and, above all, timesaving to make them identical."

Michael Ende, German Writer

Design, People, Building, Houses

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"If there is a gay uniform, the differences are in how each man coordinates the details: the brand and cut of the jeans, the design of belts and boots, the haircut, the number and size of earrings."

Lance Loud, American Actor

Design, Gay, Man

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"So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed."

"So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed."

Debi Thomas, American Athlete

Design, Engineering

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"It's about the power of design and the power of the human spirit. It's above paying anybody to do something stupid for money like reality television does - like ambushing people."

"It's about the power of design and the power of the human spirit. It's above paying anybody to do something stupid for money like reality television does - like ambushing people."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Design, Money, Power, People

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"It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design and rye devoted much of my career to this."

"It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design and rye devoted much of my career to this."

Michael Graves, American Architect

Design, Goal, Career

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"Biological engineering is not necessarily understanding systems but rather, I want to be able to design and build biological systems to perform particular applications."

"Biological engineering is not necessarily understanding systems but rather, I want to be able to design and build biological systems to perform particular applications."

Drew Endy, American Scientist

Design, Engineering, Understanding, Want

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"We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they are probably things we have discovered by accident or investigation rather than by design."

"We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they are probably things we have discovered by accident or investigation rather than by design."

Steve Albini, American Musician

Design, Music, Accident, Interest

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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."

"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, American Politician

Design, Environmental, Time, End

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"I tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design."

"I tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design."

Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian Inventor

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"Intelligent design itself does not have any content."

"Intelligent design itself does not have any content."

George Gilder, American Writer

Design, Content

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"I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical."

"I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical."

Giorgio Armani, Italian Designer

Design, Time, People, Virtue

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"The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it."

"The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it."

Mary Astell, English Writer

Design, Government, Truth, Lie

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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."

"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, American Artist

Design, Ideas, Years

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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."

"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, American Businessman

Design, Selling, Care, Customer

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"When nearly a third of our high school students do not graduate on time with their peers, we have work to do. We must design our middle and high schools so that no student gets lost in the crowd and disconnected from his or her own potential."

"When nearly a third of our high school students do not graduate on time with their peers, we have work to do. We must design our middle and high schools so that no student gets lost in the crowd and disconnected from his or her own potential."

Christine Gregoire, American Politician

Design, Time, Work, Potential

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"The architect, Peter Arens who is the monstrous carbuncle architect, not merely did his design which had won a public competition never get built but his practice suffered financially for some years."

"The architect, Peter Arens who is the monstrous carbuncle architect, not merely did his design which had won a public competition never get built but his practice suffered financially for some years."

Anthony Holden, British Journalist

Design, Competition, Practice, Public

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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."

"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, American Designer

Design, Work, People, Frustration

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"IBM was the original contractor for much of the computer interface design on the film."

"IBM was the original contractor for much of the computer interface design on the film."

Douglas Trumbull, American Director

Design, Computer, Film

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"English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's not by design. The United States dominates because it's the biggest market."

"English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's not by design. The United States dominates because it's the biggest market."

Norman Spinrad, American Author

Design, English, States, United

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"It's all in how you arrange the thing... the careful balance of the design is the motion."

"It's all in how you arrange the thing... the careful balance of the design is the motion."

Andrew Wyeth, American Artist

Design, Balance

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"In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force."

"In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force."

Charles Foster Bass, American Politician

Design, Committee, Force, Information

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"I studied literature design and fashion design."

"I studied literature design and fashion design."

Danielle Steel, American Novelist

Design, Fashion, Literature

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"To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master."

"To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master."

Milton Glaser, American Designer

Design, Control

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"Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions."

"Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions."

John Langdon, American Politician

Design, Science, Language, Philosophy

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"Design, in its broadest sense, is the enabler of the digital era - it's a process that creates order out of chaos, that renders technology usable to business. Design means being good, not just looking good."

"Design, in its broadest sense, is the enabler of the digital era - it's a process that creates order out of chaos, that renders technology usable to business. Design means being good, not just looking good."

Clement Mok, American Businessman

Design, Technology, Business, Being

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"In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not."

"In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not."

Samuel E. Morison, American Historian

Design, History, Values, Acting

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"The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995."

"The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995."

Charles Foster Bass, American Politician

Design, Government, First, States

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"So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward."

"So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Design, People, Joy, Reward

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

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

Mary Astell, English Writer

Design, God, End

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"I am going to design... a Station after my own fancy; that is, with engineering roofs, etc."

"I am going to design... a Station after my own fancy; that is, with engineering roofs, etc."

Isambard K. Brunel, British Inventor

Design, Engineering, Fancy

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"I prefer design by experts - by people who know what they are doing."

"I prefer design by experts - by people who know what they are doing."

Donald Norman, American Scientist

Design, People, Experts

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

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

Diane von Furstenberg, Belgian Designer

Design, Being, Woman

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"It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it."

"It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it."

Richard Steele, British Dramatist

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"A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life."

"A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life."

Charlie Byrd, American Musician

Design, Life, Living, Wishes

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"The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect."

"The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect."

Carson McCullers, American Novelist

Design, Colors, Intellect, Mind

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"Technology is making design more exciting, with color, wallpaper, textures, fabrics that could never have been created without the technology."

"Technology is making design more exciting, with color, wallpaper, textures, fabrics that could never have been created without the technology."

David Bromstad, American Designer

Design, Technology

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"Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution."

"Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution."

Ivan Chermayeff, British Designer

Design, Problems, Solution

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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."

"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, American Musician

Design, People, College, Land

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"If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to effectively design a policy for Iraq."

"If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to effectively design a policy for Iraq."

Jack Reed, American Politician

Design, Truth, Policy, Information

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"And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins."

"And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins."

Thomas Keneally, Australian Novelist

Design, Church, Sexuality

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"It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design."

"It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design."

Christian Siriano, American Designer

Design, Family, Sister, Dance

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