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Simplicity: Let’s Change Our World — Again
Simplicity (PragProg)
Section entitled “Let’s Change Our World — Again”
Pages ix to xi
- Consider including one or both quotes from Leonardo da Vinci:
“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Being willing is not enough; we must do.”
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
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