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"One’s words are a gift to the community. For the wiki nature to take whole, you have to let go of your words. You have to be okay with that. This goes into the name, called refactoring. To collaborate…"

— Ward Cunningham

Technology1949

#work

"Einstein's theory has the very highest degree of æsthetic merit: every lover of the beautiful must wish it to be true. It gives a vast unified survey of the operations of nature, with a technical simp…"

— Hendrik Lorentz

Science1853–1928

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"White people are potential humans - they haven't evolved yet."

— Louis Farrakhan

Music1933

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"Politically, I call it rape whenever a woman has sex and feels violated. You might think that's too broad. I'm not talking about sending all of you men to jail for that. I'm talking about attempting t…"

— Catharine A. MacKinnon

Education1946

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