"It's clear that North took some original steps in that direction, but Hall probably had the most complete approach and should get the most credit. But for Hall, unfortunately, the data are all impressionistic - what people said. None of his machinery survived. His patents were all lost in the Patent Office fire."

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Source : Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. December 17, 2012.

Charles R. Morris

#Fire Quotes #Data Quotes #People Quotes

“I watched Master Class with Lorne Michaels on OWN. How can somebody produce a sketch show and talk for an hour and not say something even slightly amusing, or sarcastic, or ironic, or interesting, or informative? 'My mission as a producer is to encourage creativity.' Mission accomplished.”
“Just so you know, I'm a really boring interview. I hate doing them.”

Source : "Chris O'Donnell: Whatever Blows Your Hair Back". Interview with Lawrence Grobel, movieline.com. March 1, 1996.
“A meeting is an occasion when people gather together, some to say what they do not think, and others not to say what they really do.”
“Revenge is just a really good drive for drama and good action.”
“They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men.”
“The harvest of this world is to the resolute, and he that is infirm of purpose is ground betwixt the upper and the nether millstone”

Source : Eric Rücker Eddison (1967). “The worm Ouroboros”
“Anything or anyone that asks you to be other than yourself is not holy, but is trying only to fill its own need.”
“Thirst of power and of riches now bear sway, The passion and infirmity of age.”

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