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Good teachers deserve apples; great teachers deserve chocolate. A favorite quotation, written in calligraphy on his office door.
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He who works with the door open gets all kinds of interruptions, but he also occasionally gets clues as to what the…
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If you don't work on important problems, it's not likely that you'll do important work.
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Perhaps the central problem we face in all of computer science is how we are to get to the situation where we…
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Most people like to believe something is or is not true. Great scientists tolerate ambiguity very well. They believe the theory enough…
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True greatness is when your name is like ampere, watt, and fourier-when it's spelled with a lower case letter.
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Science is concerned with what is possible while engineering is concerned with choosing, from among the many possible ways, one that meets…
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It may be said "In research, if you know what you are doing, then you shouldn't be doing it." In a sense,…
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Mathematics is an interesting intellectual sport but it should not be allowed to stand in the way of obtaining sensible information about…
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When you are famous it is hard to work on small problems. This is what did [Claude Elwood] Shannon in. After information…
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One of the characteristics of successful scientists is having courage. Once you get your courage up and believe that you can do…
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Science is composed of laws which were originally based on a small, carefully selected set of observations, often not very accurately measured…
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By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they…
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Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.
— Julia Cameron
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When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo van Gogh,…
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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He [Rubio] is so knowledgeable about this issue ... I'm glad to see somebody with his background step forward and say it's…
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Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am…
— Thomas A. Edison
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If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.
— Nora Roberts
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Most people like to believe something is or is not true. Great scientists tolerate ambiguity very well. They believe the theory enough…
— Richard Hamming
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Diversity for the sake of diversity is not an accomplishment or a step forward. It's what you bring to the table.
— Charlie Gonzalez
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When all beliefs are challenged together, the just and necessary ones have a chance to step forward and re-establish themselves alone.
— George Santayana
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An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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This is a proud day and an important step forward in the fight for equality in Britain. The overwhelming majority of Labour…
— Ed Miliband
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Strong views exist on both sides but I believe MPs voting for gay people being able to marry too, is a step…
— David Cameron
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