#radu

So in my freshman year at the University of Alabama, learning the literature on evolution, what was known about it biologically, just gradually transformed me by taking me out of literalism and increasingly into a more secular, scientific view of the world. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#alabama #biologically #evolution #freshman #freshman year

Unlike many graduate fellowships, the Rhodes seeks leaders who will 'fight the world's fight.' They must be more than mere bookworms. We are looking for students who wonder, students who are reading widely, students of passion who are driven to make a difference in the lives of those around them and in the broader world. ↗

— Heather Wilson

#broader #difference #driven #fight #graduate

My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage. ↗

— Kenneth G. Wilson

#before #chemistry #department #faculty #father

Clearly, programming courses should teach methods of design and construction, and the selected examples should be such that a gradual development can be nicely demonstrated. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

#construction #courses #demonstrated #design #development

Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that did not suit the uncompromising views of people in places like Richmond. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#did #education #elevation #emancipation #father

I teach one semester a year, and this year I'm just teaching one course during that semester, a writing workshop for older students in their late 20s and early 30s, people in our graduate program who are already working on a manuscript and trying to bring it to completion. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#already #bring #completion #course #during

I feel like a 1960s graduate student. I still work on note cards. I've never found a better system. ↗

— Lawrence Wright

#cards #feel #found #graduate #graduate student

I've always enjoyed writing, I graduated with a degree in English; I've done bits of journalism. ↗

— Michael York

#bits #degree #done #english #enjoyed

I grew up under Thatcher. I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless. Then gradually over the years it occurred to me that this was actually a very convenient myth for the state. ↗

— Thom Yorke

#believing #convenient #fundamentally #gradually #grew

You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it. ↗

— Emil Zatopek

#bitterness #climb #enthusiasm #floor #fulfill