Paul Erdos Quotes
Some French socialist said that private property was theft... I say that private property is a nuisance.
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I just didn't make music that you could sing with a big grin, still don't.
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Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.
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I'm obsessed with subtexts. I love that we often don't say what we feel. That gap between the two. I like it when actors reveal a lot without having to say it.
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I'm such a huge 'Arrested Development' fan.
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Is climbing, as a passion and as a sport, better off now than it was in the past? We can do harder climbs now in faster times - techniques are more refined and equipement more sophisticated - but are we really any better off?
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I want to control our own energy by developing oil and natural gas but also the energy sources of the future.
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Education must lead us from the irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgment. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order. Therefore, let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work.
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I have learned this: it is not what one does that is wrong, but what one becomes as a consequence of it.
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You many have noticed I have a temper ... but when I calmed down, I realized that this world, blighted and imperfect as it is, would be better with you in it.
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The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.
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I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.
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Life had stepped into the place of theory.
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I think coexisting with another life form is a very rich experience. It's why people keep plants and animals.
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As for what's the most challenging aspect of teaching, it's convincing younger writers of the importance of reading widely and passionately.
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A single charitable foundation started by one capitalist does more good than a world full of socialists and leftists. Think Carnegie and his libraries, or Sloan and Kettering their hospital, or Gates in Africa.
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Some French socialist said that private property was theft... I say that private property is a nuisance.
