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One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
Marie Curie Madame Curie: A Biography · 1938

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“Here is a language so far ahead of its time that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors but also on nearly all its successors.”

Tony Hoare · Hints on Programming-Language Design, 1974 · Primary source

“Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.”

Amelia Earhart · 20 Hrs. 40 Min., 1928 · Primary source

“The contact of civilisations has always been, and will always continue to be, a ruling factor in human progress and failure.”

Arnold J. Toynbee · The Western Question in Greece and Turkey, 1922 · Primary source

“Let every new year find you a better man.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.”

William Blake · The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1790 · Primary source

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