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		Technology is far more than a method, it is a world in itself. As a method, it is superior in almost every respect. But only where it is left to itself, as in gigantic structures of engineering, there technology reveals its true nature.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		My mother has been a wonderful model for the professional woman - a loving mother dedicated to both her family and her work. She inspired me, made me proud, and developed in me an enormous respect for women in general. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				H. Robert Horvitz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				H. P. Lovecraft 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Quentin Crisp 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Iris DeMent 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Upper education used to open doors. Not so true anymore. The degree used to be a screening tool, but that is falling by the wayside as there are a glut of college grads on the market. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dale Archer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think sports and bodybuilding were the only things that saved me from getting beat up. People are not pleased, for whatever reason, when you can answer all the questions in class. If not for the respect I got from track, cross-country, wrestling and bodybuilding, it would have been a disaster. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Aaron Patzer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		The establishment of free trade agreements can be a critical and progressive step towards greater economic integration, and continues to become more valuable in an increasingly global world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dan Kildee 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you think about work, it's just this endlessly fascinating subject. We spend at least half of our waking hours working. So it becomes this incredible window into a whole variety of things: who we are human beings, how the economy works, how people relate to each other, how stuff is made, how the world spins on its axis. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dan Pink 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I went to a number of foreign countries, and during whenever I went, I would try to go to an orphanage or a home for children. And I was seeing thousands of kids around the world that needed homes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Brownback 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's true that hydropower exploitation can bring economic development, but not necessarily to the benefit of local people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ma Jun 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The reason I collaborate with Louis Vuitton is that Louis Vuitton is number one in the world, and I am honored to work with them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yayoi Kusama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oscar Wilde