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In [great mathematics] there is a very high degree of unexpectedness, combined with inevitability and economy. — G. H. Hardy
Making mathematics accessible to the educated layman, while keeping high scientific standards, has always been considered a treacherous navigation between the Scylla of professional contempt… — Gian-Carlo Rota
What a delight it is to think that you are quietly & philosophically at work in the pursuit of science... rather than fighting amongst the… — Michael Faraday
...In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body and Blood. — Francis of Assisi
So plain that no one, high or low, ever does mistake it, except in a plainly selfish way; for although volume upon volume is written… — Abraham Lincoln
Pride is less ashamed of being ignorant, than of being instructed, and she looks too high to find that, which very often lies beneath her. — Charles Caleb Colton
Usually the bullies are the most insecure. I was bullied and it's hard, you feel like high schools never going to be over. Its four… — Megan Fox
To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power; to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful workings of His laws,… — Nicolaus Copernicus
Fashions fade, style is eternal. - Yves Saint-LaurentThe most important thing to remember is that you can wear all the greatest clothes and all the… — Alexander McQueen
The priest is not made. He must be born a priest; must inherit his office. I refer to the new birth-the birth of water and… — Martin Luther
To see the butcher slap the steak before he laid it on the block, and give his knife a sharpening, was to forget breakfast instantly.… — Charles Dickens
All knives and forks were working away at a rate that was quite alarming; very few words were spoken; and everybody seemed to eat his… — Charles Dickens
Peace may sound simple - one beautiful word - but it requires everything we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal. — Yehudi Menuhin
I kind of - I like my life; I feel I have lots of opportunities. And my parents actually having had such high expectations for… — Amy Chua
I think it's important for kids to express themselves with bad fashion. I struggle a little bit now because I have a daughter and I… — Busy Philipps
My grandmother was a teacher, my sister was a teacher, my daughter was a teacher and is now a superintendent in northern California, and my… — Loni Anderson
My very sassy, older southern sister is very quick to point out that it's a luxury that my daughter gets to come to work with… — Angela Kinsey
The biggest hypocrites on gun control are those who live in upscale developments with armed security guards - and who want to keep other people… — Thomas Sowell
Enflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots,… — John Milton
Fame and secrecy are the high and low ends of the same fascination. — Don DeLillo

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