#yea

During one or two summers, as well as part-time during the school year, I worked for a small Canadian company which developed electrical instruments for military planes. ↗

— Walter Kohn

#company #developed #during #electrical #i

However, while the Nazi barbarians and their collaborators threatened the entire world, I could not accept his philosophy and, after several earlier attempts, was finally accepted into the Canadian Infantry Corps during the last year of World War II. ↗

— Walter Kohn

#accepted #after #attempts #barbarians #canadian

I was born in 1923 into a middle class Jewish family in Vienna, a few years after the end of World War I, which was disastrous from the Austrian point of view. ↗

— Walter Kohn

#austrian #born #class #disastrous #end

On another level, I want to mention that I have a strong Jewish identity and - over the years - have been involved in several Jewish projects, such as the establishment of a strong program of Judaic Studies at the University of California in San Diego. ↗

— Walter Kohn

#been #california #diego #establishment #i

I always knew where I was going eventually, so it helped me to stay at home for three years. It helped me to develop my game. But it also helped me off the ice. Life here is way different, and I was able to get older. ↗

— Saku Koivu

#also #always #develop #different #eventually

I haven't been back in Montreal, at all, since the playoffs ended two years ago. It's been a while. ↗

— Saku Koivu

#back #been #ended #haven #i

It goes way, way back when we were under Sweden's rule. We always think they are better than us. We played against them so often for so many years. Every country has one opponent they want to beat and for us, it's Sweden. ↗

— Saku Koivu

#always #back #beat #better #country

After playing now for 60 years, it's still very challenging for me to play a simple melody and have it clean and touch the reed at the proper time in the proper way. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#challenging #clean #me #melody #now

Any architectural project we do takes at least four or five years, so increasingly there is a discrepancy between the acceleration of culture and the continuing slowness of architecture. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#any #architectural #architecture #between #continuing

I have been reading Stephen King since CARRIE and hope to read him for many years to come. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#carrie #come #him #hope #i