Carl Benjamin Boyer Quotes
Mathematics is as much an aspect of culture as it is a collection of algorithms.
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I get breakfast when everyone else is on their lunch break. I usually go to Dimes, which is a short walk from my apartment. Usually, I'll have chia pudding or an acai bowl and toast and sausage.
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There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying in to Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands saying that they're going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses. There's a message there.
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You know those little snow globes that you shake up? I always thought my brain was sort of like that. You know, where you just give it a shake and watch what comes out and shake it again. It's like that.
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We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.
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All I held against Jews was that so many Jews actually were hypocrites in their claim to be friends of the American black man.
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Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!
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It is probably very necessary to present your ego at some point.
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If you got what it takes, you'll make it. If you don't, Shakespeare couldn't help you.
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Whoever sincerely believes that elevated and distant goals are as little use to man as a cow, that 'all of our problems' come from such goals, is left to eat, drink, sleep, or, when he gets sick of that, to run up to a chest and smash his forehead on its corner.
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When we're recording, I always dress up.
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I try to be outraged by things that other people are just very accepting of, as though they're normal and can't be changed. A lot of what I write about is, 'Hey, you know, this stuff is really awful, and it doesn't need to be, and that's why it's so offensive.' Things should be better.
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Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.
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In 2009, the 'New York Times' ran an analysis on the cost of being a LGBT couple trying to live as a married couple but without the same protections. Over a lifetime, they estimated a couple would spend as much as $467,562 more, and as little as $41,196, with costs running lower the higher your income.
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Love the giver more than the gift.
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I like the full spectrum of roles.
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When I was first elected to parliament 18 years ago, one of the many things that struck me and that I still feel now is how the Labour Party, the party of collective action, can, at MP level and above, behave in such an individualistic way.
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When in Rome, I must do as the Romans do. When in America, make Bikram copyright and trademark.
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To write convincingly, I think you must be able to relate, in some way, to what a character is experiencing.
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I think pot should be legalized, but I think the promotion of party culture is irresponsible.
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I try hard to always question myself and wonder, 'What could I have done better? What did I do wrong?' The culture at our company is to be self-critical, but you have to balance that as a leader with praise for your team.
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Until you're the person that other people fall back on, until you're the one that's leaned on, not the person doing the leaning, you're not an adult.
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God is not looking for gold vessels or silver vessels. He is looking for willing vessels
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Mathematics is as much an aspect of culture as it is a collection of algorithms.
