William Thurston Quotes
Math is really about the human mind, about how people can think effectively, and why curiosity is quite a good guide.
Quotes to Explore
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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Films are meant solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and inferences to be drawn. Has anyone become dutiful and law abiding after seeing a film that espouses these very virtues? Films can do no more than influence fashion, decor, and hairstyle trends.
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Any constitutional amendment that simply gives Congress the option of regulating campaign finance fails to immediately achieve what the American people want, and that is a complete reversal of Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions that have allowed corporations and the wealthy few to drown out the voices of everyday voters.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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Mumbai is like Manhattan. There's a certain pace, a social life and the thrill of a professional life.
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The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.
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Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.
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I think the biggest change has been realizing I now have three children.
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I feel like, in general, lefties hit fastballs from right-handed pitchers better than right-handers hit fastballs from right-handed pitchers.
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Now I'm going to show a side of me I haven't shown before. I'm going to be fierce.
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People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.
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It was a really big deal to become an American citizen the right way. You have to work really hard, and it is such an honor to be able to say that.
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-the unpunished crime is never regretted. We weep over the consequence, not over the fault.
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But in the next world I shan't be doing music, with all the striving and disappointments. I shall be being it.
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We make no apology for people who should be in prison being in prison.
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When we're awake, cortisol can fragment memories - one reason eyewitness crime scene accounts are so unreliable. But at night that very fragmentation allows creative recombinations of ideas.
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I don't really consider myself religious. I view it more as a relationship. And if anyone thinks that's weird, then okay.
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Math is really about the human mind, about how people can think effectively, and why curiosity is quite a good guide.
