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In addition to all the encounters with the cult of the personality during my youth (I had many opportunities to meet people then), I met John Nash at a conference on game theory. However, I didnt' realize who it was until after I had finished my conversation with him and one of my friends said something to the affect of "Wow, you got to talk to John Nash, what was it like?" He seemed like a perfectly normal (for a mathematician) old man to me.
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"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence
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