Stephen Cole Kleene Quotes
I read one or two other books which gave me a background in mathematics other than logic.
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A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
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I think that when you don't look at the good things around you, that you lose sight of all those good things. And you're not going to enjoy your life.
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There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater.
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The list of problems that we all experience may be endless, but I honestly cannot abide by the rule that, 'He who yells louder is heard.'
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Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.
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If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or worse, feed false information - those who could control the classified data could be the real decision makers.
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When women criticized men, I called it 'insight'... When men criticized women, I called it 'sexism' and 'backlash.'
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Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
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I had this revelation, you are a lot better at the between-song stuff than you are at the song stuff. That was devastating. And I usually find devastating things to be pretty valuable.
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I came face-to-face with a gorilla which was quite good, but it was a 10-hour trek in bad weather, up hills, covered in mud, with mosquitoes everywhere and when we got there the gorilla's just sat there doing nowt.
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My dad and I used to watch 'Ninja Warrior' all the time back when it was in Japan. I would always say, 'I could do that,' kind of joking, but obviously kind of serious.
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'Giving 2.0' is about making your giving matter more to the people we all hope to help, and it's about making your giving matter more to you.
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When I was climbing, I built up a close relationship with the Sherpa people.
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Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself.
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I have always said about Tony Benn that he immatures with age.
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I love Justice Marshall. He did an enormous amount for me. But if you confirm me to this position, you will get Justice Kagan. You won't get Justice Marshall, and that's an important thing.
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I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star.
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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book twice.
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I read one or two other books which gave me a background in mathematics other than logic.
