Nothing in the world can take place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Calvin Coolidge
Flickr Slideshow: Knowledge Cafe, ECKM 2007, Barcelona, September 2007
We started this Cafe in a lecture room in the University but then walked across the road and held the Knowledge Cafe in a real cafe! They had a large upstairs room that we took over. Luckily for us we were finished before their peak lunch time period!
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Nothing in the world can take place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.