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Philip Emeagwali

"It is smarter to borrow from nature than to reinvent the wheels."

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"It is smarter to borrow from nature than to reinvent the wheels."

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"Here in this endless and gleaming wildernessI was removed farther than ever from the world of men --And I never saw so close and so clearlyThe image in the mirror of my own soul."

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"If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable."

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"Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies."

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"Sometimes, humanity surprises me with all its lack of control over the primordial urges. These innate urges are the biological traits that make us similar to the rest of the animal kingdom. But the modern qualities that make us superior to all the animals are intellect and self-control."

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"Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature."

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"The Moon always finds an opportunity to turn our attention from the ground beneath our feet to the sky above our head!"

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"Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff."

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"Sand by the seashore is inestimable."

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"It is spring, let us dance and dream with flowers. Let us sing and enjoy the trees."

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"Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger."
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"The labs were happy that I was brave enough to attempt to program it and the $5 million computer was left entirely to my use. I was their human guinea pig."
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"One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations."
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"I preferred to study those subjects that were of interest to me."
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"The Connection Machines owned by the United States government laboratories were made available to me because they were considered impossible to program and there was no great demand for them at that time."
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"First, I identify an analogous problem in nature and borrow from it."
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"Due to financial reasons, I dropped out of school after eight years of formal schooling."
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"Nigeria is a West African nation of over 100 million energetic people. It is endowed with lots of natural resources but lacks human resources."
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"The greatest grand challenge for any scientist is discovering how to prevent the spread of HIV and finding the cure or an effective vaccine for AIDS."
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"The Connection Machine was the most powerful supercomputer in the world. It is a complex supercomputer and it will take forever to completely describe how it works."
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