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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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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I want to make my mum's life and my life safe.
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I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help.
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I know that people are fascinated by what I did as a teenager, but what I did was immoral, illegal, unethical, and something that I am not proud of - nor will I ever be proud of.
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My music is about love, and I don't discriminate against any type of person.
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The road to success, and by that I mean... the possibility of giving the best one has to the cause that one loves most, is not easy.
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To find the Tao, there is nowhere you need to search. If it is not inside you, it is not the Tao.
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I've noticed in my life that as you work on more things with more people, you spend less time hanging out with other people who are artists, creative people who give you a sense of family.
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And I think because there is an essence of me that cares about other people and what other people think then that then makes me seem very sweet and polite.
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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.
