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Philip Emeagwali

"I dropped out of high school four times between the ages of 12 to 17."

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"I dropped out of high school four times between the ages of 12 to 17."

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Philip Emeagwali
"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."

Connection

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Philip Emeagwali
"I preferred to study those subjects that were of interest to me."

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

Nature

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Philip Emeagwali
"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."

Challenge

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Philip Emeagwali
"Our lives sometimes depend on computers performing as predicted."

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Philip Emeagwali
"Eighty percent of Americans with HIV do not know they are infected."

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Philip Emeagwali
"Due to financial reasons, I dropped out of school after eight years of formal schooling."

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Philip Emeagwali
"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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Philip Emeagwali
"During the week that I arrived in the United States, I saw an airport, used a telephone, used a library, talked with a scientist, and was shown a computer for the first time in my life."

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Aberjhani

"Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated."

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Aberjhani

"I don't know, you know all through high school I just knew I wanted to do it."

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Aberjhani

"Then all this started to pick up because I signed with ForeFront when I was in seventh grade. It got a lot busier and I was traveling a lot and it wasn't making sense. Especially at a private school, you miss two days, and you get so behind."

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Aberjhani

"It wasn't until school that we realised that we were abnormal."

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Aberjhani

"I got kicked out of high school, so I couldn't get into very many colleges."

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Aberjhani

"I was always in plays at school and in school concerts - you could say I liked to show off."

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Aberjhani

"Give a lift to a tomato, you expect her to be nice, don't ya? After all, what kind of dames thumb rides, Sunday school teachers?"

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Aberjhani

"I didn't get lessons of any kind I slept through school."

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Aberjhani

"He nodded toward the sub. "This is going to be a blow-off day."I dragged my mind away from magical intrigue. After being homeschooled for most of my life, some parts of the "normal" school world was a mystery. "What does that mean, exactly.""Usually teacher leave subs a lesson plan, telling them what to do. I saw Ms. Terwilliger left. It said, 'Distract them."

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Aberjhani

"My school is attended by near three hundred scholars."

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