"I don't know how to stop it, there was never any intent to write a programming language I have absolutely no idea how to write a programming language, I just kept adding the next logical step on the way."

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— Murray Leinster

Literature1896–1975

#Human Nature

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— Francis Bacon

Literature1909–1992

#identity

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#truth