#chi

The Connection Machines owned by the United States government laboratories were made available to me because they were considered impossible to program and there was no great demand for them at that time. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

#because #connection #considered #demand #government

My mum has never wanted me to have children. She thinks I would be destroying my life, even now. ↗

— Tracey Emin

#destroying #even #even now #i #life

I’ve officially turned into a loser,” she whispered cynically. “I’m looking forward to going home and having cereal for dinner and walking Mitchell and studying a little and then going to sleep. I’ve had my ‘going out and having fun’ quota for the year, I guess, and it’s June. ↗

— Daniel Amory

#city #downtown #dream #law-school-school #love

No architect troubled to design houses that suited people who were to live in them, because that would have meant building a whole range of different houses. It was far cheaper and, above all, timesaving to make them identical. ↗

— Michael Ende

#above #architect #because #building #cheaper

Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they're not teaching because of the financial rewards. ↗

— John Engler

#financial #given #i #i think #michigan

I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed. ↗

— John Engler

#any #child #failing #fixed #get

I think we've got outstanding teaching in Michigan classrooms. ↗

— John Engler

#got #i #i think #michigan #outstanding

The current Michigan Constitution was written in 1961 and '62. ↗

— John Engler

#current #michigan #written

I wanted to write something from a child's viewpoint... Five of the characters I have played in movies have either been abused or became abusers, themselves, and I just kind of felt like there was a need. ↗

— Meg Tilly

#became #been #characters #child #either

We have to put in our time every day to try and achieve and learn so that we can develop our talents and each of you, thank goodness, have special talents; each of you are special persons. ↗

— Bruce Vento

#day #develop #each #every #every day