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Eric Allin Cornell Quotes

American - Physicist | December 19, 1961 -

After a semester or so, my infatuation with computers burnt out as quickly as it had begun.

Eric Allin Cornell

Computers Semester Out Infatuation

My fellow students there were very smart, but the really novel thing was that they actually seemed to put a lot of effort into their school work. By the end of my first semester there, I began to get into that habit as well.

Eric Allin Cornell

Work Habit School Smart Effort End

As it was, I realized choosing the study of Chinese literature as my life's work was probably a mistake.

Eric Allin Cornell

Life Work Mistake Literature Study

Conversely, I came to realize that being good at something is hardly a reason to avoid doing it.

Eric Allin Cornell

Good Doing Realize Reason Something

With every passing year, BEC proves that it still has surprises left for us.

Eric Allin Cornell

Year Surprises Left Us Still Every

I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961.

Eric Allin Cornell

Born California I Was Born Alto

My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English.

Eric Allin Cornell

Father Mother School High School MIT

My head was always bubbling over with facts and it seems to me this had little to do with my paying close attention in school and more to do with my voracious and omnivorous reading habits.

Eric Allin Cornell

School Me Reading Facts Attention

Most of my teachers probably found I made less trouble if they let me read.

Eric Allin Cornell

Me Trouble Teachers Found Made Most

The 1970s, the decade of my teenage years, was a transitional period in American youth culture.

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Culture Youth American Decade Years

I was partly old-fashioned and partly modern.

Eric Allin Cornell

Modern Old-Fashioned Partly

I certainly remember building model rockets. It was fun to watch the rocket blast into the air, suspenseful to wonder if the parachute would open to bring the rocket safely back.

Eric Allin Cornell

Fun Space Building Remember Back

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