Claire Fagin quotes

Claire Fagin quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“"Knowledge will bring you the opportunity to make a difference"”
-- Claire Fagin

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“The best patients are the worst patients. Nudge, nudge, nudge. Don't sit back and accept anything that fails to satisfy you. Speak up, protect your interests.”
-- Claire Fagin

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“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”
“All I have learned, I learned from books.”
“A people of scholars, if they are physically degenerate, weak-willed and cowardly pacifists, will not storm the heavens, indeed, they will not be able to safeguard their existence on this earth.”
“Opportunity lives at the intersection of what people need tomorrow and can be just barely built today.”

Source : Twitter post from May 08, 2013
“I believe there's plenty of market for each; we're talking about an ecosystem that is going to support billions of devices, so a competitive landscape is good for consumers, developers, and the platforms alike. Apple brings a smooth elegance to its devices and platform, with the best marketplace experience to boot. Google brings a higher volume of devices as well as a more diverse ecosystem to interact with. The real story here is that Microsoft is nowhere to be seen, ending a two-decade monopoly and creating biggest opportunity for software startups probably ever.”
“Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.”
“I believe in the old, because it shows us where we come from - where our souls have risen from. And I believe in the new, because it gives us the opportunity to create who we are becoming.”
“I can't decide if this movie is so spectacularly, breathtakingly dumb as to induce stupidity in anyone who watches, or so brutally brilliant that it disarms all reason. What's the difference?”

Source : "One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Autobots" by A.O. Scott, www.nytimes.com. June 28, 2011.
“If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.”
“I do believe that I deserve what I have. I don't think I'm entitled to it. That's a big difference.”

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