"I am not sure that it is a bad thing to go to a school, as I did, where the boys threw things at me, and asked if there was nothing else I could do [but draw]."

-- William Merritt Chase

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“I want to change the world, and do something valuable and beautiful. I want people to remember me before I'm dead, and then more afterwards.”
“Life is an endless process of self-discovery.”
“I think the older I get, the more I realize that the ultimate luxury is time.”
“To write an album takes so much focus and selfish time, to just write and think about your life. For me. Maybe not for other people.”
“Male homosexuals have seduced and abused millions of underage boys. Their unclean sexual habits and ultra-promiscuous lifestyle have resulted in spreading the worst communicable plague in this century, the specter of AIDS, which has not only killed millions of their own, but also millions of others, including tens of thousands who contracted the virus from blood transfusions.”
“The sky was different, without color, taut and unforgiving. But the water was the most unforgiving thing, nearly black at times, cold enough, I knew, to kill me, violent enough to break me apart. The waves were immense, battering rocky beaches without sand. The farther I went, the more desolate it became, more than any place I'd been, but for this very reason the landscape drew me, claimed me as nothing had in a long time.”
“Loving everything about yourself - even the 'unacceptable' - is an act of personal power. It is the beginning of healing.”
“There were many at Bell Labs and MIT who compared Shannon's insight to Einstein's. Others found that comparison unfair - unfair to Shannon.”

Source : William Poundstone (2010). “Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street”, p.15, Macmillan

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