Philip Emeagwali Quotes
I have expertise in five different fields which helps me to easily understand the analogy between my scientific problems and those occurring in nature.
Quotes to Explore
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York.
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I like playing with that space between laughter and discomfort where your discomfort can also make you laugh, and you're confused about the mixed feelings. That's challenging, and I think that's what makes for some of the best art.
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
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An image of the Earth, its landscapes, directly affects people. The beauty of the Earth creates enormous emotion, and through that emotion, you can transmit knowledge and raise consciousness.
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People trash talk me.
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I'm very involved with kids because after being a teacher for seven years, I just can't stop loving the kids. I am a teacher forever.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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I saw 'The Artist.' It's really beautiful and it's all done to the letter with all the silent film techniques. The costumes were amazing and the dog is so good.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
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I never want my kids to feel like I'm just some housewife who was just kicking it with my husband, because that's not the kind of woman that I am.
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I don't really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people.
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Life is like a B-movie. You don't want to leave in the middle of it but you don't want to see it again.
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Gone are the days when your indiscretions at university were recorded in a roneoed college newsletter of which there is only one copy left tucked in a filing cabinet at the back of a library. Today that same college newsletter is online, accessible by the whole world now and forever.
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I remember what it was like to be doing 'Lost' and how creatively immersive it was. I just couldn't really engage on anything else, other than 'Lost;' I was just thinking about it all the time, and then there was just the pure workload, the 70- or 80-hour weeks.
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Grief is bizarre territory because there's no predicting how long it'll take to get over certain things. You just don't know how long it's going to resound in your life.
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When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years.
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I'm surprised when the ball doesn't go into the hoop. I think I should make every shot.
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Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it's been very important for me to work to try to keep lines of communication open between my sons and myself to try to avoid my father's mistakes. At least if you're making mistakes, make different mistakes.
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Working with children is very different than the way in which I work with adults. One has to work just as much with children as with adults, but the manner of work is very different. I never tell the children the actual truth of the thing that I want them to act.
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I have expertise in five different fields which helps me to easily understand the analogy between my scientific problems and those occurring in nature.
