Edward Frenkel Quotes
It is really this “mathematical mindset” that seems to be most useful to those who are not trained to think as mathematicians.
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.
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Obviously, I don't have a high IQ, but I've always liked nerds and quirky guys.
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Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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Watch your finances like a hawk.
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It seems to me that 'women's writing' by nature would not seek equivalence in the male world. It would be a writing that sought to express a distinction, not deny it.
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I think the best thing I can hope to achieve is to educate, or make aware, as many people as possible on how the little things they do every day really do affect our environment, and how easy it is to fix some of those things.
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
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It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.
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It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
Garry Kasparov -
The studio didn't ask them to learn their trade, they just worked them, and when that personality or that gimmick or whatever they had ran dry at the box office, they were dropped and out.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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I stay true because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character. It's the thing that connects him to me and to everybody else. So, the search is the same. It's to unveil the truth, and that's how I stay true, because my purpose isn't altered.
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Chanting was very deep for me. It was as if I remembered it. It was like a real surrender.
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It's a voluntary act. I cannot punish anyone not taking the public transport, but I want everyone, from the highest ranking officers to the lowest, to take public transport every Wednesday.
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I'm a dedicated Republican and a proud party man.
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The more you talk about - and live by - your principles, the harder it will be for others to treat you in a morally ambiguous manner.
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The nonphysical law allows you to use nonphysical causes to create nonphysical effects and also physical effects. This does not mean that you are not in control of what you create. On the contrary! It means that you are entirely free to create what you want, provided you are aware of how the nonphysical law of cause and effect works.
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They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind.
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I tend to really duck down and make myself smaller than I already am.
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Here in Canada, the people who oppose the tar sands most forcefully are Indigenous people living downstream from the tar sands. They are not opposing it because of climate change - they are opposing it because it poisons their bodies.
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I don't think any particular painters have inspired me, except in a general sense. It was more a matter of corroboration. The visual arts, from Manet onwards, seemed far more open to change and experiment than the novel, though that's only partly the fault of the writers. There's something about the novel that resists innovation.
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It is really this “mathematical mindset” that seems to be most useful to those who are not trained to think as mathematicians.
