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[On Cantor's work:] The finest product of mathematical genius and one of the supreme achievements of purely intellectual human activity. — David Hilbert
The question for the ultimate foundations and the ultimate meaning of mathematics remains open; we do not know in which direction it will find its… — Hermann Weyl
Another activity that can detract us from the proper way is watching television excessively or viewing improper movies. While fine productions on these media are… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Coal research and development provides huge benefits for the nation, and pay for itself many times over through taxes flowing back to the Treasury from… — Tim Holden
No, I don't admire the genius. But I admire and love the result of the genius's activity in the world, of which the great man… — Knut Hamsun
The making of art is a profoundly social activity, even if itâ€™s one-on-one with some sort of ideal reader who doesnâ€™t exist. — August Kleinzahler
There's no architect who doesn't want to build a library - and I am no different. With so much scrutiny now attached to reading -… — Annabelle Selldorf
Determine value apart from price; progress apart from activity; wealth apart from size. — Charlie Munger
Culture is not created by command. It creates itself, arising spontaneously from the necessities of men and their social cooperative activity. No ruler could ever… — Rudolf Rocker
An educational activity which aims to reveal meanings and relationships through the use of original objects, by firsthand experience, and by illustrative media, rather than… — Freeman Tilden
Itâ€™s unlikely that any of those natural hazards will do us in within the next 100 years if weâ€™ve already survived 100,000. By contrast, we… — Nick Bostrom
The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human perseverance pays itself… — Karl Kraus
Any day we wish we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish; we can open the book that will open our… — Jim Rohn
The producer is at the center of entertainment. The producer is being forgotten, and producers must seize the center of activity. — Marshall Herskovitz
Play for young children is not recreation activity, It is not leisure-time activity nor escape activity. Play is thinking time for young children. It is… — James L Hymes
Writing non-free software is not an ethically legitimate activity, so if people who do this run into trouble, that's good! All businesses based on non-free… — Richard Stallman
Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, the state's first instinct is that of self-preservati on. All its enterprises are directed first towards preserving its own… — Albert J. Nock
Coming before God in quietness & waiting upon Him in silence often can accomplish more than days of feverish activity. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I am up and about when I am ill, and in the most appalling weather. I am on horseback when other men would be flat… — Frederick The Great
Dr. Leonard Shlain, chairman of laparoscopic surgery at California Pacific Medical Center, said they took some four and five year-olds and gave them video games… — Roger Ebert

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