A source of strength in the early days was that groups in various parts of the world were prepared to construct experimental computers without necessarily intending them to be the prototype for serial production. As a result, there became available a body of knowledge about what would work and what would not work. — Maurice Wilkes

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Do what you love. When you love your work, you become the best worker in the world.

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Champions do not become champions when they win an event, but in the hours, weeks, and months, and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely a demonstration of their championship character.- Michael Jordan

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No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. – George Eliot

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The future woman must have a life work and economic independence. She must have the right of motherhood at her own discretion.

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My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.- Michael Jordan

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Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.

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As the psychologist Daniel Gilbert observed, disbelieving is hard work, and System 2 is easily tired. ― Daniel Kahneman

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You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.- Michael Jordan

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