"I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer."

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Philip Emeagwali

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“A lot of my works deal with a passage, which is about time. I don't see anything that I do as a static object in space. It has to exist as a journey in time.”
“I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep.”
“We have a society that monumentally conspires against the pursuit of health. We have wave after wave of labor-saving technology that says don't ever use your muscles for anything, along with messages that you should be more physically active. We have, every year, the introduction of hundreds, if not thousands, of new highly processed foods, the majority of which glow in the dark. At the same time we're telling people: eat foods closer to nature. We have schools where we teach children to sit still all day long so they can become adults we can't get off couches with crowbars.”

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“It may be that today gold has become the exclusive ruler of life, but the time will come when man will again bow down before a higher god.”
“I always say the best applause you can get is when you walk from backstage up to your microphone at a concert. It's also nice to walk up to the mike at an awards show, and that applause is great, too, but the best is when your fans are cheering for you.”
“My parents didn't raise me to be a professional player. They raised me to be a good person.”
“In the computer industry, you've got an interdisciplinary team of people who can come together, attack the problem, and work in a collaborative style. You knock down one problem after another, cobble things together, and then hopefully turn the crank at some point.”
“What's the problem you solve? Solve it for one person. Create a system to do it without you. Duplicate.”

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