Category: mathematician
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Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
Omar Khayyam
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Living Life Tomorrow’s fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again.
Omar Khayyam
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A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.
Omar Khayyam
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Many professors tell you that you’d be good at this or that, but they don’t always help you with that career path.
Katherine Johnson
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I was excited at something new, always liked something new, but give credit to everybody who helped. I didn’t do anything alone but try to go to the root of the question and succeeded there.
Katherine Johnson
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The Flower that once has blown forever dies.
Omar Khayyam
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We needed to be assertive as women in those days – assertive and aggressive – and the degree to which we had to be that way depended on where you were. I had to be.
Katherine Johnson
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I had a very, very interesting childhood, but, oh my, education was the primary focus in our family.
Katherine Johnson
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I liked working with smart people.
Katherine Johnson
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I see a picture right now that’s not parallel, so I’m going to go straighten it. Things must be in order.
Katherine Johnson