Atle Selberg Quotes
A felicitous but unproved conjecture may be of much more consequence for mathematics than the proof of many a respectable theorem.
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I would kiss you, had I the courage.
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I try to write in a way that makes people feel things.
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Language evolves and moves on. It is an organic thing. It is not stuck in an ivory tower, hung with expensive works of art.
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Larry Geller’s Leaves of Elvis’ Garden is by far the best book I have ever read about Elvis. It is emotional, revealing and spiritual, and offers the most amazing insight into the king. I highly recommend this dynamic book.
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Quantitatively, outsourcing abroad simply cannot account for much of the recent weakness in the U.S. labor market and does not appear likely to be an .important restraint to further recovery in employment.
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It was odd to have something so personal out there in that way, but the good thing about art is that no one necessarily knows what you mean by it anyway.
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When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they?
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Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare, To digg the dust encloased heare! Blest be the man that spares thes stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.
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I love variety. I love theater. I also love radio. I love language. But, the older you get, you need to earn money. You need to heighten your profile.
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I think part of it has got to be compensation, yes, for the fact that when I was a kid, I wasn't particularly attractive. But at the same time I don't remember ever thinking, Oh, my God, I'm such a mess; I'm the ugliest sod in the class.
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Winning that team-pursuit Olympic gold medal was unbelievable.
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I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.
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I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.
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We like to say the Internet is the ultimate library. But libraries are libraries because people come together and fund them through taxes. Libraries actually exist, all over the country, so why is it such a reach to imagine and to someday build a public institution that has a digital aspect to it? Of course the problem is that libraries and other public services are being defunded and are under attack, so there's a bigger progressive struggle this plays into.
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A felicitous but unproved conjecture may be of much more consequence for mathematics than the proof of many a respectable theorem.
