Alexander Grothendieck Quotes
It is less than four years since cohomological methods (i.e. methods of Homological Algebra) were introduced into Algebraic Geometry in Serre's fundamental paper
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Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
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I am who I am.
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Being evil is easy.
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The commitments, schedule and sponsor appearances don't change. It gets more busy, because you get more popular, and the more popular you are, it actually gets more busy. They're like, 'Yeah, let's use her, she's hot right now. Let's do a shoot!'
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I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses... anyone.
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I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent's house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up.
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I can trust in Jesus. And this Gospel that we preach does work. So those who are hurting and suffering today, hang in there. The sun will shine again.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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I do stupid stuff like that: I'll call my wife from the road, send her pictures of glaciers.
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I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
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The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.
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I'm not materialistic. I believe in presents from the heart, like a drawing that a child does.
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If something happened where I couldn't write music anymore, it would kill me. It's not just a job. It's not just a hobby. It's why I get up in the morning.
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They were most correct, according to their god.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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No use to fall down on my knees and beg for mercy's sake. Nothing I counted mine, out of my life, is mine to take...
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He is dead, and my hatred has died with him.
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Racism is ridiculous no matter where it's coming from.
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My first show was 'The King and I' when I was five.
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Everything is so beautiful I am afraid to wake up again to the hard world.
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To become an astronaut is not a question of being the best at something or things coming easy to you, but it's being a person that can work with others and not give up. And, for me, that was part of it too.
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Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in Nature.
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Everybody makes mistakes. You have to be careful when you make your mistakes. Now is not a good time to make a mistake.
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It is less than four years since cohomological methods (i.e. methods of Homological Algebra) were introduced into Algebraic Geometry in Serre's fundamental paper
