"Together with my advisor, Manuel Blum, I co-invented CAPTCHAs, or computer-generated tests that humans are routinely able to pass but that computers have not mastered (they are the squiggly computer letters that are prevalent across the web)."

-- Luis von Ahn

#Together Quotes #Letters Quotes #Tests Quotes

“Developing characters is a strange thing. In the beginning they are abstract and I wonder how to move on from there.”
“Everybody in America is angry about something.”
“That was...that was choking. You're right. But of course when you play against (Roger) Federer, he's No. 1 in the world, he won three grand slams last year, and he's just full of confidence. It's difficult to do anything regular to beat him. You have to do something extra to be able to have the chance to beat him. Set points, I had six of them and I couldn't take one. But I was close.”
“I have not collected art. Art collected me. I never found paintings. They found me. I have never even owned a work of art. They owned me.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Finding balance in life is perhaps the greatest challenge of this generation, especially for women. I've decided that I need to compartmentalize my life better. From the time my kids get home until after dinner, I put my phone away. If I pick it up, my kids call me on it, and I have to put money in the "phone jar." When the phone jar gets full, the kids can spend the money on fun family outings, like going to a movie or going to their favorite restaurant. This unplugged time has helped me to be more mindful and give them my full attention.”
“Collecting the dots. Then connecting them. And then sharing the connections with those around you. This is how a creative human works. Collecting, connecting, sharing.”

Source : Amanda Palmer (2014). “The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help”, p.20, Hachette UK
“If you want to experience all of the successes and pleasure in life, you have to be willing to accept all the pain and failure that comes with it.”
“I believe prayer for our nation has never been more important as we witness an accelerating anti-Christian fervor in the so-called mainstream of our culture.”

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