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		zalew on Sept 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Torvalds' quote about good programmers there's quite a similar quote on photography "Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light"

sneak on Sept 23, 2012 [–]

The ending changes the whole thing:

"... I just take pictures."

Programming, motherfucker.

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