A Quote by Ken Thompson

I wanted to avoid, special IO for terminals.

Ken Thompson

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Ken Thompson
American - Scientist
Born: February 4, 1943

In a world of dumb terminals and telephones, networks had to be smart. But in a world of smart terminals, networks have to be dumb.

George Gilder

I was born in an odd spot and was a very sensitive kid. My feelings could get hurt so easily because I always wanted to be loved, I wanted to be touched, I wanted to touch somebody. I wanted everybody to love me, so I think I was louder than I should have been. I was just trying to get attention. I always felt like I was somebody special, maybe it's because I needed to be somebody special.

Dolly Parton

I wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted people to like me; I wanted to be famous.

Ellen DeGeneres

Sockets are the X windows of IO interfaces.

Rob Pike

We travel so far only to land where we are. We imagine other lives, only to meet who we are. We seek out love in special ways, only to find everyone is special. Humbly, we can't avoid this journey.

Mark Nepo

I went back to graduate school because I wanted to avoid being a professional, to try to piece together a life that would let me avoid the tenure race and full-time teaching.

Garth Greenwell

Once I got to the NBA I wanted to continue to work with the Special Olympics and those with special needs.

Michael Carter-Williams

Suri is my daughter, she's very, very special to me, and this project took a lot of time and because it's my first feature I wanted her to know that she's so special to me. I thought that as she gets old that will mean more to her, that she's always the most important, and I wanted to give her a special thanks because she means everything to me.

Katie Holmes

Success will (a.mel.io.rate), ameliorate all the years of your sadness.

Jon Jones

I think when I finally got it in my head that I was going to do the story, I wanted to avoid doing what I thought people wanted me to do.

Adrian Tomine

To avoid pain, they avoid pleasure. To avoid death, they avoid life.

Rajneesh

How difficult it is to avoid having a special standard for oneself.

C. S. Lewis

I never wanted to be anything special. I just wanted to make films.

Paul Morrissey

I never wanted to be in the show business. I wanted to do special effects.

Emraan Hashmi

I think I quite desperately wanted to have that kind of special companionship [like marriage ] . . . a special relationship, yet I hid from it for many, many years and pretended to be cynical about it.

David Bowie

For too many centuries women have been being muses to artists. I wanted to be the muse, I wanted to be the wife of the artist, but I was really trying to avoid the final issue — that I had to do the job myself.

Anais Nin

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