David Allen (1945) American productivity consultant and author
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After having been led astray on neutron-proton coupling by reports of "beta-decay experts".
Part 5: "The World of One Physicist", "The 7 Percent Solution", p. 255
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (1985)
David Allen (1945) American productivity consultant and author
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George Alec Effinger book When Gravity Fails
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 13 (p. 168).
“Since it gives me so much bliss
to give you everything I can
The more I pay you, the more I owe.”
Luís de Camões (1524–1580) Portuguese poet
Quoted by Elizabeth Bishop in the dedication of Questions of Travel (1965) to Lota de Macedo Soares, her Brazilian lover.
Lyric poetry, Não pode tirar-me as esperanças, Quem vê, Senhora, claro e manifesto
Serge Savard (1946) Canadian ice hockey player
Quoted in Kevin Shea, "One on One with Serge Savard," http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/spot_oneononep198603.htm Legends of Hockey.net (2003-12-16) <br class="br">Savard comments on winning very few individual awards, while winning eight Stanley Cups.
“Ever since I was a child I never wanted to be anything else but a soldier.”
George S. Patton IV (1923–2004) U.S. Army general
Source: The Fighting Pattons (1997) by Brian M. Sobel, p. 21
“The trouble with theorists is, they never pay attention to the experiments!”
Valentine Telegdi (1922–2006) American physicist
as quoted by [Richard Feynman, "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!": adventures of a curious character, W. W. Norton, 1985, 0393316041, 253]
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