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Why don't I tell you it's on Wednesday, and on Wednesday tell you I lied.
— Juris Hartmanis,
On the date of the final exam
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Hopcroft would tell you that this is divide and conquer. To me, that seems like lots of fingers.
— Juris Hartmanis
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Nov. 21, 1975
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Without loss of generality, for a reason that temporarily eludes me, ...
— John Hopcroft
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Nov. 10, 1975
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Finite means you can stuff it in a box.
— Juris Hartmanis
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Sept. 10, 1975
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Incidently, I was Aiken's last Ph.D. student, if you can believe that.
— Gerry Salton
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It's obviously obvious to you.
— Gerry Salton
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Feb. 13, 1975
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Everything in this class is a power of two.
— John Hopcroft
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Oct. 11, 1974
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Student: What are you trying to prove?
Hartmanis: I don't know, I never know when I start.
— Juris Hartmanis
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One year, one of the bachelor professors got a girl to understand it, and he married her.
— John Dennis,
On teaching induction to freshmen
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April 1, 1974
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