"Science owes more to the steam engine than the steam engine owes to science."

-- Lawrence Joseph Henderson

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“I came to the conclusion long ago that all life is six to five against.”
“Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise--a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.”
“If we should ever get to Heaven, we shall find nobody to reproach us for being black, or for being slaves.”

Source : Jupiter Hammon, Stanley Austin Ransom (1983). “America's first Negro poet: the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island”, Associated Faculty Pr Inc
“I know of several children and adults (with Aspergerâ€™s Syndrome) who have reported a considerable reduction in visual sensitivity and sensory overload when wearing Irlen lenses.”
“Euler calculated without effort, just as men breathe, as eagles sustain themselves in the air.”
“A writer should have another lifetime to see if he's appreciated.”
“What are the five products you want to focus on? Get rid of the rest, because theyâ€™re dragging you down. Theyâ€™re turning you into Microsoft. Theyâ€™re causing you to turn out products that are adequate but not great.”
“Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.”

Source : Althea Gibson, Richard Curtis (1968). “So Much to Live for”

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