Niels Henrik Abel Quotes
With the exception of the geometrical series, there does not exist in all of mathematics a single infinite series the sum of which has been rigorously determined. In other words, the things which are the most important in mathematics are also those which have the least foundation.
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The strongest institution in the hands of the European Union is the euro.
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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.
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The cost of pension reforms has been perhaps the biggest error committed in the process of modernizing Bolivia's economy.
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There are regulators at the SEC and elsewhere who are really excited about the potential of the blockchain. They understand you can build a robust financial system - it would solve all your black swan problems. All kinds of mischief and games that are played in the current system become impossible in this system.
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I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.
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Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
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A producer wouldn't think of making a film about ballet dancers without using real dancers, but they will cast actors who have never held a bat in baseball films.
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Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.
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I've always enjoyed doing dishes. Maybe it was the fashionable yellow gloves that I loved so much. It's weird, I know, but I find cleaning cathartic.
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I put my foot in my mouth sometimes. I'll be the first to admit it.
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The truth is I was nicely brought up and taught not to show my rage even though it was building up inside.
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Somewhere in our search for reality we have passed something by, something important that we no longer find amid the bits and pieces of disassembled matter-something vital that we cannot build out of these parts. There is surely something else, some piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and that owes no homage to the sun.
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Oh, so they have internet on computers now!
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That faeries have forgotten the Tapestry; that is the greatest tragedy of all. It's the fabric of all creation and it's woven of dreams, the dreams of the Djinn. Dreams are real, Magpie. They're seed and water and sun. They're everything.
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Form must have a content, and that content must be linked with nature.
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It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation.
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Carl Sagan always used to say that when he was trying to explain something to someone, he would go back to that time when he didn't understand it, and then he would retrace his thought steps so that he could make it absolutely clear, and that's one of the infinite number of things I learned from him.
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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
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David Lynch is like that - every sound, every detail to the end of making the film, he never gives up. It has to be perfect.
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Having waited my entire life to get an award for something, anything...I now get awards all the time for being mentally ill. It’s better than being bad at being insane, right? How tragic would it be to be runner-up for Bipolar Woman of the Year?
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With the exception of the geometrical series, there does not exist in all of mathematics a single infinite series the sum of which has been rigorously determined. In other words, the things which are the most important in mathematics are also those which have the least foundation.
