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Man dies of cold, not of darkness. Miguel de Unamuno

Death Man Darkness Cold Dies

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory. Miguel de Unamuno

Memory Understanding Rather His Discussion Authority Anyone Who Uses

There is no greater excitement than to support an intellectual wife and have her support you. Marriage is a partnership in which each inspires the other, and brings fruition to both of you. Millicent Carey McIntosh

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When you learn to read and write, it opens up opportunities for you to learn so many other things. When you learn to read, you can then read to learn. And it's the same thing with coding. If you learn to code, you can code to learn. Now some of the things you can learn are sort of obvious. You learn more about how computers work. Mitchel Resnick

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I started my career as a journalist, writing about science and technology for 'Business Week' magazine. Then I decided to make a career shift. I went to graduate school in computer science, and I began developing educational technologies - in particular, technologies to engage children in creative learning experiences. Mitchel Resnick

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When you become fluent with language, it means you can write an entry in your journal or tell a joke to someone or write a letter to a friend. And it's similar with new technologies. Mitchel Resnick

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When you learn to code, it opens up for you to learn many other things. Mitchel Resnick

You Other Opens Learn Up Many Code Things

In my office, I have the creative things that kids have made for me over the years. The nice thing about the physical side of life is that I can have them on my shelf. Mitchel Resnick

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With 'Scratch,' you create computer programs by snapping together graphical programming blocks, much like LEGO bricks, without any of the obscure syntax and punctuation of traditional programming languages. After creating an interactive 'Scratch' project, you can share it on the 'Scratch' website, just as you would share videos on YouTube. Mitchel Resnick

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As I see it, whoever's doing the inventing is also doing most of the learning - and probably having most of the fun. Mitchel Resnick

Learning See Having Inventing Most Also Doing Fun Whoever

I'm pretty skeptical about a lot of the toys on the market, especially for young kids. Most of them just add these new technologies just to make more flashing lights. Mitchel Resnick

With 'Scratch,' our goal is to allow people to mix together all kinds of media, not just sounds, in creative ways. We want people to start from existing materials - grabbing an image, grabbing some sound, maybe even bits of someone else's program, and then extending them and mixing them to make them their own. Mitchel Resnick

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I know that plenty of folks have issues with Social Security, but I'd urge them to confront it on its own terms. Calling it a Ponzi scheme is misleading and does more to cloud the issue than it does to illuminate it. And yes, I do know that unless changes are made, the current system is unsustainable. But that doesn't mean it's fraud. Mitchell Zuckoff

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Most travel disasters turn into something else: a story of survival, a story of bravery, of heroism, sometimes villainy. You just don't know when it starts where it's going to go because they are unexpected events. Mitchell Zuckoff

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Sending a book out into the world is a lot like sending your child to the first day of kindergarten. You hope the other kids play nice and that she makes friends. Mitchell Zuckoff

When running a Ponzi scheme, how does one avoid enormous, unexpected withdrawals - runs on the bank, so to speak - that would pull back the curtain and reveal a little man blowing smoke? One way would be to attract a core of investors who could be counted on to never withdraw more than a small percentage of principal each year. Mitchell Zuckoff

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My favorite pre-Ponzi schemer was known as '520 Percent Miller' because he promised 10 percent returns a week, or 520 percent a year. Of course he was just using new investors' money to pay old investors, and soon he was on the lam. Mitchell Zuckoff

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We've suffered a 'Ponzification' of the economy in recent years, as bubbles have built up and then burst, and each time we act as though it's the first time. Mitchell Zuckoff

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As a journalist, you're always worried, 'Did I get the full story?' Mitchell Zuckoff

You Journalist Worried Always Get Did Story Full

The State Department has promised they will never have another temporary mission facility like the one in Benghazi that is so lightly protected. But at the same time, history tends to repeat itself here, and so it might not repeat itself in exactly the same way as Benghazi. Mitchell Zuckoff

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I need to know everything inside quote marks is true. Mitchell Zuckoff

Everything Marks Inside True Know Quote Need

I'm a huge Michael Lewis fan. Mitchell Zuckoff

Huge Michael Fan Lewis

I'm an ex-'Globe' guy. My friends are depicted in 'Spotlight.' Mitchell Zuckoff

Guy Spotlight Friends Depicted

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