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“He developed a particularly annoying way of ignoring the teaching during the term and then coming top in the examination.”
― Alan Turing: The Enigma
― Alan Turing: The Enigma
“Alan had become more prepared to go along with the system. It was not that he had ever rebelled, for he had only withdrawn; nor was it now a reconciliation, for he was still withdrawn. But he would take the ‘obvious duties’ as conventions rather than impositions, as long as they interfered with nothing important.”
― Alan Turing: The Enigma
― Alan Turing: The Enigma
“For him, breaking the Enigma was much easier than the problem of dealing with other people, especially with those holding power.”
― Alan Turing: The Enigma
― Alan Turing: The Enigma
“We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are dreams.”
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“In 1950 he was hardly likely to be on trial for heresy. But he certainly felt himself up against an irrational, superstitious barrier, and his predisposition was to defy”
― Alan Turing: The Enigma
― Alan Turing: The Enigma
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