"The ARPAnet was the first transcontinental, high-speed computer network."

-- Eric S. Raymond

#Firsts Quotes #Computer Quotes #Speed Quotes

“Everything that happens to me is the best possible thing that can happen to me.”
“Mystery is an inescapable ingredient of mathematics. Mathematics is full of unanswered questions, which far outnumber known theorems and results. It's the nature of mathematics to pose more problems than it can solve. Indeed, mathematics itself may be built on small islands of truth comprising the pieces of mathematics that can be validated by relatively short proofs. All else is speculation.”
“Many women have asked me if it is possible to have a well-built wardrobe on a limited budget. 'Money,' I tell them, 'is no guarantee of taste, and an overstuffed wardrobe is often as bare as a skeleton when it comes to wearable apparel.'”

Source : "How to Dress for Success".
“Kosovo is now the biggest problem confronting Yugoslavia”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“Broadway isn't a very big career move. There's no money in it and it doesn't mean anything to your career. It's just a nice little jewel in the crown.”
“Do what you do best, and link to the rest”

Source : Jeff Jarvis (2009). “What Would Google Do?: Reverse-Engineering the Fastest Growing Company in the History of the World”, p.26, Harper Collins
“I want to tell women in developing countries that they are as powerful as their male counterparts, and they can play an equal role in their respective societies.”
“My first ten years in Hollywood were really tough. I'd be coaching friends who came to me for acting advice, and then they'd make it before I did. I'd still be helping them while they were on movie sets and I had four lines on a TV show.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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