"Luck favors the prepared mind."

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Richard Hamming

#Mind Quotes #Luck Quotes #Favors Quotes

“Lets not push it under the rug, or push it to the side because, no matter what, it's going to keep coming up. You know, if you never deal with that dirt up under the carpet, it's going to get larger and larger, and it's going to keep coming up.”
“I honor the father in his son, not the son in his father. Each one receives a reward or punishment for his deeds, but not for the acts of others.”
“The body, in 'La Belle Noiseuse,' was the source of the artist's creativity.”
“People peep into boxes at moving stereoscopic prints, imagining they're in other worlds, and the crowd around a glassblower wonders whether icicles have formed in summer. Potted trees revive and suddenly look fresh when a florist sprinkles water on them, while papier-mÃ¢chÃ© turtles hanging out for sale move in the wind and take on souls.”

Source : Haruo Shirane (2013). “Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900”, p.210, Columbia University Press
“The teacher who knows the most about a subject isn't necessarily the one who can teach it best.”
“When you believe in something and truly go after it with all you have, amazing things will happen.”
“But something occurred to me as I sped through that dirty shroud of fog, something Vonnegut has been trying to explain to the rest of us for most of his life. And that is this: Despair is a form of hope. It is an acknowledgment of the distance between ourselves and our appointed happiness. At certain moments, it is reason enough to live.”

Source : Steve Almond (2007). “(Not that You Asked): Rants, Exploits, and Obsessions”, p.33, Random House
“I've always loved fantasy. I've always loved sci-fi. It's not like I can list off my favorite sci-fi shows or movies, but I just love being taken into a different world. I'm a huge fan of Steven Spielberg. I'm a huge fan of George Lucas. I've always loved it.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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