William Thurston Quotes
Mathematicians can and do fill in gaps, correct errors, and supply more detail and more careful scholarship when they are called on or motivated to do so. Our system is quite good at producing reliable theorems that can be solidly backed up. It's just that the reliability does not primarily come from mathematicians formally checking formal arguments; it comes from mathematicians thinking carefully and critically about mathematical ideas.
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I do not feel remorse. Everybody makes mistakes in war.
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Twenty-six million Russians died in the defense of their homeland against the Nazis.
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In my opinion, faith helps in many contexts.
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If it's not 100 per cent pure maple syrup, it can't be called 'pure maple syrup.'
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You've got to be yourself, and if you're not, you're a phony. It comes shining through if you're not careful.
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I was just about 6 weeks old when we moved to Detroit.
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Yet it depends on yours. The two are one. They are a plural, a right and left, a pair, Two parallels that meet if only in
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This obligation to move can be a burden to a player without strategic vision.
Garry Kasparov -
Clarice: getting cold feet There's still time!Toni: We can just call everyone and say we're terribly sorry but something came up and we have to leave town!Clarice: ...But what about the five gallons of baba ganoush, and all those tofu pups?Toni: Shit. I forgot. Well, I guess we'll just have to go through with it, then.
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Ooh, ooh, ooh, I wanna go crazy, you can go crazy too.Ooh, ooh, ooh, I wanna go crazy, I wanna go crazy with you.Everybody sayin' 'Woah, how sweet it is. Woah.'Yeah, it felt good on my lips.
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Gentlemen, start your egos.
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Somebody once asked me what my theory of life was, and I said, 'Don't try.' That fits the writing, too. I don't try; I just type.
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I think I don't want to use drugs or medicine, so nothing. The only way is to go on stage and to hope.
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Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.
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I figure it's a European thing to eat cheese and crackers before a meal - that's my afternoon snack, or I do it before dinner.
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I like to read dramatic novels and I absolutely love magazines.
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Trump has got to be one of the most branded people on the planet. You can't get away from him.
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I want to make my mum's life and my life safe.
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I met the Coens here a few years ago and they said they liked my work.
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I've got a collection of songs that I've had, I keep adding to and they're all great American composers. I wanted to showcase American composers and I've done that on a lot of my records and played things by American composers that I really respect.
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The Word of God is so much broader than people are giving it credit for. Look at Proverbs, a book written on how to live.
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I have a theory: I believe that with the advent of the United States and the lawful definition of marriage, it was defined as between one man and one woman. It was anti-polygamy, in effect saying no man can hoard his women.
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My mum says that I was born 45, and I do remember at six thinking that I should be earning my own living.
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Mathematicians can and do fill in gaps, correct errors, and supply more detail and more careful scholarship when they are called on or motivated to do so. Our system is quite good at producing reliable theorems that can be solidly backed up. It's just that the reliability does not primarily come from mathematicians formally checking formal arguments; it comes from mathematicians thinking carefully and critically about mathematical ideas.
