Elizabeth Spelke Quotes
I think it's really fascinating that geometry is so difficult. My guess is it's difficult because it focuses on proofs.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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That is the exciting thing: I don't know what God has given me for tomorrow.
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I think extreme secrecy is a bad sign in all startups. Very few startups die because they tell you exactly how their technology works. On the long list of startup killers, that's pretty far down. Though on the list of entrepreneur fears, it's pretty high.
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I am trying to persuade my family to spend more time in China. It's no fun to be in exile. I can't even figure out the basic 26 letters, let alone operate, in English. I often feel that although I've found the sky of freedom above my head, I've lost the soil I stand on. I need to be back in my motherland, where I can find inspirations.
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If I ever get out of here, thought of giving it all away to a registered charity.
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I'm playing every day. I still want to win.
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I would say off the cuff that I am an anxious person. I worry about everything. I need to know everything. I tend to live in a state of anxiety with the feeling that life is some kind of great catastrophe.
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I should think you could be gladder on Monday morning than any other day in the week, because 'twould be a whole week before you'd have another one!
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Of course things you don't know about are always nicer'n things you do, same as the pertater on 'tother side of the plate is always the biggest.
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There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.
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Existence was bigger than just life. It was everyone's life all together, and even if you lived in Buffalo, New York and had never been more than ten miles from home, you were part of the puzzle, too. It didn't matter how small your life was.
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The number of flavors is infinite, for every soluble body has a peculiar flavor, like none other.
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If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.
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Be cheerful and grateful for the good that you have: do not brood over fond hopes unrealized until a chain is fastened on each thought and wound around the heart. Nature intended you to be the fountain-spring of cheerfulness and social life, and not the mountain of despair and melancholy.
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When the facts change, I change my mind.
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I love pretending to be other people. The more unlike me they are the better - I find other people endlessly fascinating and myself incredibly boring.
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I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascinating than any fashion salon.
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Geometry has two great treasures; one is the Theorem of Pythagoras; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. The first we may compare to a measure of gold; the second we may name a precious jewel.
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The world's a fascinating place right now.
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When business leaders ask me what they can do for Indiana, I always reply: 'Make money. Go make money. That's the first act of corporate citizenship. If you do that, you'll have to hire someone else, and you'll have enough profit to help one of those non-profits we're so proud of.'
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I think it's really fascinating that geometry is so difficult. My guess is it's difficult because it focuses on proofs.
