Alexander Grothendieck Quotes
The introduction of the digit 0 or the group concept was general nonsense too, and mathematics was more or less stagnating for thousands of years because nobody was around to take such childish steps...
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Yes, and I can sit down on a white piece of paper and work because I don't believe too much into inspiration, only I'm waiting for inspiration, work and then inspiration may come. It's a little too easy to say that.
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This high official, all allow, is grossly overpaid; there wasn't any Board, and now there isn't any Trade.
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I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.
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When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.
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The Internet allows the small guy a global marketplace. But technology is harmful in the sense that we get too much information from it. Because of the web we get 10 times the amount of noise we ever got, which makes harmful fallacies far more likely.
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It's funny how it usually works out that I end up dying. It sort of works out, because by the time I die, I'm usually tired of working on that particular movie, so I look forward to it.
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It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than it was being in a band.
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I have my own past and my own personality. I'm going to relate to the material in a completely different way than somebody else might.
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The eyes of the world are fixed on the U.S. to see if we have the political courage and moral sense to solve our debt crisis.
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When you face a 'performance' that might provoke the 'I'm scared' response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It's more fun than 'Dancing with the Stars!'
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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Tony Blair is not a villain, but he's played the part very well.
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Personally, I like two types of men - domestic and foreign.
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The enemy for the fanatic is pleasure, which makes it extremely important to continue to indulge in pleasure. Dance madly. That is how you get rid of terrorism.
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I scored a movie called 'Endangered Species'. I worked on another movie called 'Staying Alive'. A German film called 'Fire and Ice'.
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The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.'
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Prometheus ist der vornehmste Heilige und Märtyrer im philosophischen Kalender.
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She look'd down to blush, and she look'd up to sigh, With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
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These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not rotten and out of joint but meaningful and ultimately in excellent condition.
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Each time I dip a living creature into the bath of burning pain, I say: 'This time I will burn out all the animal; this time I will make a rational creature of my own!' After all, what is ten years? Men have been a hundred thousand in the making.
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I quite enjoy cooking but I'm not consistent. I can't follow the recipe book. If something goes well, I'll never make it again, which is completely stupid. It's a one-shot kind of deal.
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The introduction of the digit 0 or the group concept was general nonsense too, and mathematics was more or less stagnating for thousands of years because nobody was around to take such childish steps...
