#ra

As it was, I realized choosing the study of Chinese literature as my life's work was probably a mistake. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#choosing #i #life #literature #mistake

Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#between #chess #dec #enough #i

I certainly remember building model rockets. It was fun to watch the rocket blast into the air, suspenseful to wonder if the parachute would open to bring the rocket safely back. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#back #blast #bring #building #certainly

But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#books #create #i #illustrating #kid

What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#books #happiness #i #i see #life

I know nothing about producing TV drama and any involvement on my part is liable to prove an obstacle to the producers, so I prefer to be a cheerleader and let them get on with it. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#any #cheerleader #drama #get #i

So the books have a greater appeal to a British audience, but that hasn't stopped them making best-seller lists in places like Brazil, Japan and at least a dozen other countries. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#audience #best-seller #books #brazil #british

Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor? ↗

— Virgil

#defeated #enemy #strategy #valor #whether

I like crazy shoes or unusual cowboy boots and I collect big belt buckles. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#big #boots #collect #cowboy #crazy

I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#myself #position #put #vulnerable #where