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I was an undergraduate at Princeton, and I was pressed by the math department to go on to graduate school. Actually they gave me fellowships that paid my way, otherwise I would not have been able to continue.

~Alonzo Church

Topics: Able Actually Been Continue Department Gave Go Graduate Graduate School Math Me Otherwise Paid Pressed Princeton School Undergraduate Way Would

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My opportunity to design school choice systems began in 2003 with a phone call from Jeremy Lack at the New York City Department of Education. He knew of my work on the medical match and wondered if similar efforts might help reorganize the dysfunctional, congested system then used to match students to high schools.

~Alvin E. Roth

Topics: Began Call Choice City Department Design Dysfunctional Education Efforts He Help High High Schools Jeremy Knew Lack Match Medical Might New New York New York City Opportunity Phone Phone Call School Schools Similar Students System Systems Then Used Wondered Work York

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I looked into corruption in Afghanistan through a work called 'Payback' and impersonated a police officer, set up a fake checkpoint on the street in Kabul and stopped cars, but instead of asking them for a bribe, offered them money and apologized on behalf of the Kabul Police Department.

~Aman Mojadidi

Topics: Afghanistan Asking Behalf Bribe Car Corruption Department Fake Instead Looked Money Offered Officer Police Police Officer Set Stopped Street Them Through Up Work

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Forgotten was presented to me by the drama department at LWT as a concept and I found it immediately intriguing and very powerful. I was completely led by the power of the piece and its dramatic potential.

~Amanda Burton

Topics: Concept Department Drama Dramatic Forgotten Found Immediately Intriguing Led Me Piece Potential Power Powerful Presented Very

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I don't think anyone in that Roc Nation office gets eight hours of sleep; I highly doubt it. They're constantly working, and they're on top of everything, and they have a department for everything.

~Andre Ward

Topics: Anyone Constantly Department Doubt Eight Everything Gets Highly Hours Nation Office Sleep Think Top Working

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And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

~Andrew Carnegie

Topics: Because Best Competition Department Every Fittest Hard Individual Law May Race Sometimes Survival While

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When I heard the news that Steve Jobs had died, my mind flashed back to 1985, when I began my love affair with computers. I was stationed in Moscow for The Associated Press, and I ordered an Apple IIc - by Telex - from a department store in Helsinki, Finland. They express-shipped it to me, a month later, by train.

~Andrew Rosenthal

Topics: Affair Apple Associated Back Began Computers Department Department Store Died Finland Had Heard Jobs Later Love Love Affair Me Mind Month Moscow News Ordered Press Steve Steve Jobs Store Train

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I never think that people die. They just go to department stores.

~Andy Warhol

Topics: Department Die Go Just Never People Stores Think

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When you think about it, department stores are kind of like museums.

~Andy Warhol

Topics: About Department Kind Like Museums Stores Think You

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Well I teach in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. So that's my primary work. I lecture on various campuses and in various communities across the country and other parts of the world.

~Angela Davis

Topics: Across California Communities Consciousness Country Cruz Department History Lecture Other Parts Primary Santa Teach The History Of University University Of California Various Well Work World

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