Humankind cannot bear very much reality. - T. S. Eliot

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When David Marr at MIT moved into computer vision, he generated a lot of excitement, but he hit up against the problem of knowledge representation; he had no good representations for knowledge in his vision systems.

T. S. Eliot

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

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We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

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Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

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April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

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If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.

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