

“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”
― Angela’s Ashes
― Angela’s Ashes

“Doing what has never been done before is intellectually seductive, whether or not we deem it practical.”
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“In a system in which cheating is the norm, following the rules amounts to a handicap.”
― Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
― Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

“For, in the end, Brearley did manage to create cutlery from stainless steel, and it’s the transparent protective layer of chromium oxide that makes the spoon tasteless, since your tongue never actually touches the metal and your saliva cannot react with it; it has meant that we are one of the first generations who have not had to taste our cutlery.”
― Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
― Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

“He was prepared, he thought, for any wonder. The only thing he had never expected was the utterly commonplace.”
― 2001: A Space Odyssey
― 2001: A Space Odyssey

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