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Jai Ganesh

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Closed Quotes - III

Closed Quotes - III

1. The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. - Abraham Lincoln

2. A lot of people assume that creating software is purely a solitary activity where you sit in an office with the door closed all day and write lots of code. - Bill Gates

3. One of the things I like about the computer that I use is that I can write a program on it or I can download a program on to it and run it. That's kind of important to me, and that's also kind of important to the whole future of the internet... obviously a closed platform is a serious brake on innovation. - Tim Berners-Lee

4. There's a big tendency to gravitate toward a closed and proprietary approach too easily. - Jimmy Wales

5. I think, in our life I think that when you are an actor, when you are a producer, you have to be very discreet about your personal life, and you have to be closed in, in harmony and in affection and in everything. - Sophia Loren

6. I always felt caged, closed in, like I was punching at things that weren't there. I always had too much energy for the room I was in. - Angelina Jolie

7. I can do a good roast with my eyes closed. I'm amazing with gravy. That's my specialty; even other people ask me to do gravy at their house. I'm very proud of my gravy. - Kate Moss

8. I don't really go to clubs anymore. I'm actually quite settled. Living in Highgate with my dog and my husband and my daughter! I'm not a hell-raiser. But don't burst the bubble. Behind closed doors, for sure, I'm a hell-raiser. - Kate Moss.

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.