"I described to my patent lawyer our new algorithm-that I was hoping to patent- about detecting clustering, that involved three probabilities Î± , Î², Î³ that add-up to 1, and mentioned that it is like "a three-sided coin". A few days later he came up with a patent application for a "three-sided-coin"."

-- Jennifer Tour Chayes

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“I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things bigger than lifes daily routines... to think beyond what is immediate or convenient.”
“In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that cannot be explained.”
“My parents, though very loving, were not what one would ever describe as outgoing and therefore when I was young I was quite shy and socially awkward. Having a camera changed all that. It gave me an excuse to go anywhere and approach anybody.”

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“Progress is mediation comes swiftly for those who try their hardest.”
“The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to take property away from the people who earn it and give it to people who do not.”
“If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment.”
“There should not be a question of legal or illegal immigration. People came and immigrated to this country from the time of the Indians. No ones illegal. They should just be able to come.”
“I mean, what's better than having the person you love love you? That's pretty exciting. It's pretty amazing, actually. It's like a miracle or somethingâ€¦”

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