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I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.


Bjarne Stroustrup

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ERIK TROAN We will now offer a single set of APIs, libraries and programming tools for everything from systems ...
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MATT CAIN That the way to achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology, taking...
CHARLES E. WILSON Some of our concerns are a lack of tools and standards for using XML as well as the fact that most o...
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MARC GARNEAU If they managed the city budget better, I would think they would not have to close down libraries an...
DEBORAH MITCHELL I would also strongly encourage everyone to take all due precautions for the hurricane,
GEORGE ALLEN I would encourage people to start slower.
DOUG TUMEN I do think it's a worthy thing to be involved in and I would encourage anybody to try for it,
JAMES KIRKMAN What in the world would we do without our libraries?
KATHARINE HEPBURN I would encourage you: be informed - knowledge is power.
MATT BEVIN I would encourage everyone to join their church choirs.
BARB VANDERLEEST [The move to e-procurement may take a while, mainly because many state and local users do not seem q...
BRIAN RICHARDSON I did have a contract for next year, but Bjarne has since decided to open up the contract and basica...
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JODI RELL I would encourage everyone to take at least one online course.
ANDREW SIMONCELLI Our libraries are valuable centers of education, learning and enrichment for people of all ages. In ...
JODI RELL Open standards tend to encourage creativity. We believe that entrepreneurs everywhere can better imp...
TIM DRAPER They would like to have the tools with which they can hit the people and shut the people up, and I t...
EMILY LAU This was a tragic event and I would encourage people to help in any way possible.
TONY ALLEN I would like to pack up his power tools from the basement.
ERIN GROSHEK Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.
ZIG ZIGLAR If they can produce a transcript showing 14 core courses, then how can you challenge that? I would s...
DON OBERHELMAN I encourage our employees to care for themselves and their families, and thought this would be a gre...
DEBORAH BENAIM I've heard time and again from small business owners in Ohio that extending bonus depreciation i...
PAT TIBERI I can make just such ones if I had tools, and I could make tools if I had tools to make them with.
ELI WHITNEY I think the concern was that North Carolina has worked so hard to raise standards for teachers and m...
KATHY SULLIVAN The only thing I knew how to do without a lot of money was repairing tools. I actually started makin...
STEF WERTHEIMER I would like to encourage the public to speak. And actually, this idea even came from the public.
JEFF RAWLS My work with Bjarne and the rest of the team has definitely played the main part in me achieving the...
BOBBY JULICH We would look to the state standards.
LINDA BRIDGES I would think the networks would look to partner and encourage experimentation with techniques that ...
JAMIE KING We would really encourage people not to come back [to New Orleans] for at least a week.
IVOR VAN HEERDEN I ransack public libraries, and find them full of sunk treasure.
VIRGINIA WOOLF I would hope that these results, combined with similar recent findings, would encourage scientists t...
BRUCE FLAMM Policies to strengthen education and training, to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation, and to ...
JANET YELLEN I am currently serving on the infrastructure committee, and more are welcome to join these teams. I ...
JEAN MYERS I would say television is a focus, and expanding our channel platform is a focus. As for buying libr...
JON FELTHEIMER I’m so thankful for every hardship, and every ending I’ve endured; if it wasn’t for adversity,...
SCOTTIE SOMERS If written directions alone would suffice, libraries wouldn't need to have the rest of the universit...
JUDITH MARTIN We would encourage anyone with information to come forward,
BILL HART I would sure encourage them to [hold a reunion]. I'll be there without hesitation. 100 percent.
MIKE KEENAN I favor strategies that encourage industry to include some sort of key recovery capability in their ...
DOROTHY DENNING We have higher standards for teachers. We should have higher standards for teachers.
JANE REYNOLDS Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire...
SIDNEY SHELDON Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for...
LAURA BUSH We would like to set a standard for our building process, which would be higher than we've ever done...
BARBARA NALLEY What we're looking for is a sense of uniformity. It would be clearer and less confusing to be operat...
GEORGE ELLIS Drones can be useful tools, and I am all about useful tools. One of my mottos is 'the right tool...
MARTHA STEWART I would encourage people to get a copy of the book. It's a good book to have.
CHRISTOPHER DAVIS I had a simple dream that children and parents could check out books and enjoy the services that wer...
MARTA MORALES If written directions alone would suffice, libraries wouldn't need to have the rest of the unive...
JUDITH MARTIN Every thinking man, when he thinks, realizes that the teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and e...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The talk of standards about the Internet among companies has been constant. Take XML; the chemical i...
NAVIN NAGIAH I would never recommend it. I have a six-year-old son who wants to be an actor (as well as a vet and...
DWAYNE HICKMAN The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but wha...
STEPHEN R. COVEY Libraries raised me.
RAY BRADBURY I would encourage you to roll through the over-achievement from the third (quarter) to your full yea...
MARK LOUGHRIDGE I just thought it would be a way to encourage the life skills in a real-life situation.
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FREDRIK BACKMAN The tools I need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.
WILLIAM FAULKNER As I mentioned previously, the tools that allow for optimum health are diet and exercise.
BILL TOOMEY The high standards we have for our school and town services are the reasons why people want to live ...
MAUREEN MCCLAY It's long since passed when libraries were known as a repository for books.
GILBERT TREMBLAY All of us who attended the meeting -- including Microsoft -- unanimously agreed that unilaterally ex...
JAMES GOSLING The Coronation Ceremony isn't one of the most publicized events, but it's a really nice ceremony and...
BRIAN HICKMAN The first money I ever earned was for drawing stone tools.
MARY LEAKEY We should burn all libraries and allow to remain only that which everyone knows by heart. A beautifu...
HUGO BALL I cannot encourage any fabrication even for the sake of making people feel good. If I were to fabric...
CRISS JAMI Set high standards and few limitations for yourself.
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