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		vchakrav on July 23, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pablo Picasso's version of refactoring: Reducing a... Oh, I was just applying the principle of the quote to itself.

jamesbritt on July 24, 2008 | [–]

Then you should remove all the words from the quote, leaving nothing more to take away.

(Yes, I consider the quote superficially appealing but essentially content-free.)

ars on July 23, 2008 | [–]

:)

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