“There is a saying that every nice piece of work needs the right person in the right place at the right time. For much of my life, however, there was no place where the things I wanted to investigate were of interest to anyone.”
A Theory of Roughness (2004)
Context: There is a saying that every nice piece of work needs the right person in the right place at the right time. For much of my life, however, there was no place where the things I wanted to investigate were of interest to anyone. So I spent much of my life as an outsider, moving from field to field, and back again, according to circumstances. Now that I near 80, write my memoirs, and look back, I realize with wistful pleasure that on many occasions I was 10, 20, 40, even 50 years "ahead of my time.
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Polish-born, French and American mathematician 1924–2010Related quotes
“I am in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing.”
Louise L. Hay (1926–2017) American writer
Variant: I am in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing.
“Milk was the right person in the right place at the right time, and he rose to the occasion.”
Roger Ebert (1942–2013) American film critic, author, journalist, and TV presenter
Review http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/milk-2008 of Milk (24 November 2008) <br class="br">Reviews, Four star reviews <br class="br">Context: Sean Penn never tries to show Harvey Milk as a hero, and never needs to. He shows him as an ordinary man, kind, funny, flawed, shrewd, idealistic, yearning for a better world. He shows what such an ordinary man can achieve. Milk was the right person in the right place at the right time, and he rose to the occasion. So was Rosa Parks. Sometimes, at a precise moment in history, all it takes is for one person to stand up. Or sit down.
Nigel Cumberland (1967) British author and leadership coach
Your Job-Hunt Ltd – Advice from an Award-Winning Asian Headhunter (2003), Successful Recruitment in a Week (2012) https://books.google.ae/books?idp24GkAsgjGEC&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIGjAA#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living (2016) https://books.google.ae/books?idnu0lCwAAQBAJ&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIMjAE
Kieran Scott (1974) American writer
Source: Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys
Martha Plimpton (1970) American actress
Source: Raising Hope’s Martha Plimpton (Interview, Daily Actor, April 19, 2011) http://www.dailyactor.com/2011/04/interview-martha-plimpton-raising-hope/
