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> [Retaining a sense of control is really important. I like to do things in my own time, and in my own style, so an office with targets and bureaucracy just wouldn't work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tammet/retaining-a-sense-of-control-is-really-important-i-like-to-do-things/)

[Daniel Tammet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tammet/)

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## More by Daniel Tammet

> [It was hard for me to find my voice because I was, for so long, absorbed in my own world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tammet/it-was-hard-for-me-to-find-my-voice-because-i-was-for-so-long/)

[Daniel Tammet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tammet/)

> [When things don't come so naturally to you, you want to persevere, you want to keep pushing yourself to overcome obstacles that prevent you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tammet/when-things-don-t-come-so-naturally-to-you-you-want-to-persevere-you/)

[Daniel Tammet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tammet/)

> [Aesthetic judgments, rather than abstract reasoning, guide and shape the process by which we all come to know what we know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tammet/aesthetic-judgments-rather-than-abstract-reasoning-guide-and-shape/)

[Daniel Tammet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tammet/)

> [I'm very comfortable with the idea of there being late bloomers, and for me, of course, there's no difficulty at all in the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tammet/i-m-very-comfortable-with-the-idea-of-there-being-late-bloomers-and/)

[Daniel Tammet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tammet/)

> [Growing up, I would have to watch the other children and learn from my mistakes. I would have to push myself to overcome the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tammet/growing-up-i-would-have-to-watch-the-other-children-and-learn-from-my/)

[Daniel Tammet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tammet/)

> [I love music. I have a fondness for Chopin, and I very much like his 'Raindrop Prelude.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tammet/i-love-music-i-have-a-fondness-for-chopin-and-i-very-much-like-his/)

[Daniel Tammet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tammet/)

> [My algebra was relatively poor. I found it very difficult to use equations that substituted numbers - to which I had a synesthetic and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tammet/my-algebra-was-relatively-poor-i-found-it-very-difficult-to-use/)

[Daniel Tammet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tammet/)

> [I've got a quiet voice. I think it's because as a child I didn't speak very much. I used to put my fingers in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tammet/i-ve-got-a-quiet-voice-i-think-it-s-because-as-a-child-i-didn-t-speak/)

[Daniel Tammet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tammet/)

> [I feel traveling certainly does broaden the mind. In my case certainly I feel more confident. It gives you a new perspective on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tammet/i-feel-traveling-certainly-does-broaden-the-mind-in-my-case-certainly/)

[Daniel Tammet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tammet/)

> [We know next to nothing with any certainty about Pythagoras, except that he was not really called Pythagoras. The name by which he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tammet/we-know-next-to-nothing-with-any-certainty-about-pythagoras-except/)

[Daniel Tammet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tammet/)

> [Aesthetics - rather than reason - shapes our thought processes. First comes aesthetics, then logic. 'Thinking in Numbers' is not about an attempt to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tammet/aesthetics-rather-than-reason-shapes-our-thought-processes-first/)

[Daniel Tammet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tammet/)

> [There are always things I find difficult - being in crowds, remembering faces. I do like routines. I always travel with someone. My life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tammet/there-are-always-things-i-find-difficult-being-in-crowds-remembering/)

[Daniel Tammet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tammet/)

> [One particular aspect of Siddhartha’s revelation of the outside world has always struck me. Quite possibly he lived his first thirty years without any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tammet/one-particular-aspect-of-siddhartha-s-revelation-of-the-outside-world/)

[Daniel Tammet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tammet/)

> [I love books so much. I've read more books than anyone else I know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tammet/i-love-books-so-much-i-ve-read-more-books-than-anyone-else-i-know/)

[Daniel Tammet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tammet/)

> [I recited Pi to 22,514 decimal points in five hours and nine minutes. I was able to do this because of weeks of study,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tammet/i-recited-pi-to-22-514-decimal-points-in-five-hours-and-nine-minutes/)

[Daniel Tammet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tammet/)

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