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"With every passing year, BEC proves that it still has surprises left for us."
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"As it was, I realized choosing the study of Chinese literature as my life's work was probably a mistake."
Work
"After a semester or so, my infatuation with computers burnt out as quickly as it had begun."
Computer
"Most of my teachers probably found I made less trouble if they let me read."
Teachers
"The 1970s, the decade of my teenage years, was a transitional period in American youth culture."
American
"With every passing year, BEC proves that it still has surprises left for us."
Surprise
"My head was always bubbling over with facts and it seems to me this had little to do with my paying close attention in school and more to do with my voracious and omnivorous reading habits."
Attention
"My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English."
Mother
"Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic."
Chess
"Six months after that, I left Taiwan, first for Hong Kong and then for mainland China, where I spent another three months studying still more Chinese and generally kicking around the country."
Country
"I certainly remember building model rockets. It was fun to watch the rocket blast into the air, suspenseful to wonder if the parachute would open to bring the rocket safely back."
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"To the issues of friendship, love, business and war, "surprise" is the optimistic solution."
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Personal Development
"My skin tingled, and suddenly, Deanna materialized before us. I jumped."
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Personal Development
"When the unexpected meets with the unprepared, over there we find the greatest astonishments!"
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Personal Development
"I never want to do the same things twice. I like surprises."
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Personal Development
"With every passing year, BEC proves that it still has surprises left for us."
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Personal Development
"I get a lot of recognition for my voice. That always surprises me."
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Personal Development
"The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy."
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Personal Development
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