| On
Progress & Learning |
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| Spencer
Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M "Post-It" notepads. |
| If
I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature
was full of examples that said you can't do this. |
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| M.K.
Gandhi |
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small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their
mission can alter the cause of history. |
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| Yoda
in "The Empire Strikes Back" |
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is do, or do not. There is no try. |
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| Eric
Hoffer |
| In
a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The
learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer
exists. |
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| Albert
Einstein |
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important thing is not to stop questioning. |
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| Confucious |
| Ignorance
is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or stars. |
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| Benjamin
Disraeli |
| As
a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best
information. |
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| George
Horace Lorimer in "Letters from a self made merchant to his son" |
| Education
is about the only thing lying around loose in the world, and it's about
the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he's willing to haul away.
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| Anwar-el-Sadat
in "In Search of Identity" |
| He
who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change
reality. |
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| Valentino
Bompiani |
| Progress
is the result of a wrong note sung by a voice that suddenly abandons the
score and sings a different tune. |
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| Robert
A. Heinlein in "The Notebook of Lazarus Long". |
| A
human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher
a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts,
build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, co-operate,
act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program
a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, and die gallantly. Specialisation
is for insects. |
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