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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.
Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.
Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time read more
Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time success. If not, it's much ado about nothing. [On the prospects for his 1997 movies The Rainmaker and Good Will Hunting].
The shortest distance between two points is under construction.
The shortest distance between two points is under construction.
Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write read more
Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are.
The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the read more
The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the scent was false, the eager desire to get on with the work, the cheerful resolution to go back and begin again, the broad good sense, the unaffected modesty, the imperturbable temper, the gratitude for any little help that was given -- all these will remain in my memory though I cannot paint them for others.
Two souls with but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one.
Two souls with but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one.
A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people read more
A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
Hamming's Motto: The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.
Hamming's Motto: The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.
