#lean

I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write. ↗

— Ken Thompson

#close #good #good idea #i #i think

You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#learn #mistakes #must #past #past mistakes

In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound. ↗

— Edward Koch

#better #clean #life #much #neighborhood

After playing now for 60 years, it's still very challenging for me to play a simple melody and have it clean and touch the reed at the proper time in the proper way. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#challenging #clean #me #melody #now

My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument. ↗

— Bill Kreutzmann

#dad #eventually #i #instrument #listening

To get to New Orleans you don't pass through anywhere else. That geographical location, being aloof, lets it hold onto the ritual of its own pace more than other places that have to keep up with the progress. ↗

— Allen Toussaint

#anywhere #being #else #geographical #get

I've always had the impression that real militants are like cleaning women, doing a thankless, daily but necessary job. ↗

— Francois Truffaut

#cleaning #daily #doing #had #i

From a viable economy to the full funding of Headstart, from a clean environment to true equality for women, from a strong military to a commitment to racial brotherhood, from schools that are honored to streets free of excessive violence. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#clean #commitment #economy #environment #equality

Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners. ↗

— Mark Udall

#clean #clean water #clear #crops #employer

When the Constitution gave us the right to bear arms, it also made us responsible for using them properly. It's not fair of us as citizens to lean more heavily on one side of that equation than on the other. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#arms #bear #citizens #constitution #equation