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Ken Thompson

"In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises."

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"On the first day of a college you will worry about how will you do inside the college? and at the last day of a college you will wonder what will you do outside the college?"

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"I enjoyed high school and college, and I think I learned a lot, but that was not really my focus. My focus was on trying to figure out what businesses to start."

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"I never took my SAT's. I never applied to college. I moved right out here and jumped into the thick of things. Whether that was the smart move or not, I'm sitting here talking to you now, so it paid off."

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"The result was, when Congress convened in January 1971, everyone was now an environmentalist. They had seen a new force, college students, who favored the environment."

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"Seriousness is stupidity sent to college."

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"Do you realize that if we could increase just by 50 percent the number of adults who have a college degree, it would add $5 billion to the economy and it would result in a net income to the state of Arkansas of $340 million a year?"

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Amber Hurdle

"It's clear enough that there was substantial fraud in Ohio, thus delivering the Electoral College vote for President Bush."

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"Going to college helped me, because I had four years in the conservatory program, which is close as you can get to a professional environment. It's like all day."

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"I didn't really have a plan of attack when I got in college."

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"A suggestion had been made to me looking toward a professorship in some Western college, but after due consideration, I declined to consider the matter."

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