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You don't become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems. — Mark Victor Hansen
Charles Babbage proposed to make an automaton chess-player which should register mechanically the number of games lost and gained in consequence of every sort of… — William Stanley Jevons
I wish that one would be persuaded that psychological experiments, especially those on the complex functions, are not improved [by large studies]; the statistical method… — Alfred Binet
It can happen to but few philosophers, and but at distant intervals, to snatch a science, like Dalton, from the chaos of indefinite combination, and… — Charles Babbage
[This] may prove to be the beginning of some embracing generalization, which will throw light, not only on radioactive processes, but on elements in general… — Frederick Soddy
Mathematics is the queen of the sciences and arithmetic [number theory] is the queen of mathematics. She often condescends to render service to astronomy and… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
You propound a complicated arithmetical problem: say cubing a number containing four digits. Give me a slate and half an hour's time, and I can… — George Bernard Shaw
In contemplating the pecuniary resources needed for the removal of such a number to so great a distance [freed slaves to Africa], my thoughts and… — James Madison
In this communication I wish first to show in the simplest case of the hydrogen atom (nonrelativistic and undistorted) that the usual rates for quantization… — Erwin Schrodinger
So silently, peacefully, without hurry, without any tension, without any anguish, move into yourself instantly. It is urgent. Unless meditation becomes urgent to you, it… — Rajneesh
The ability to sell is the number one skill in business. If you cannot sell, don't bother thinking about becoming a business owner. — Robert Kiyosaki
The flagrantly gay Quentin Crisp dealt with homophobic bullying by refusing to bow to its onslaught. His number listed in the phone directory, he responded… — Quentin Crisp
There are a number of attributes of species and populations that are not of any particular selective advantage to any single individual in a population… — Ernst Mayr
My sons are a hell of a lot easier to get through to than my daughter is. She seems to have my number. She can… — Don Johnson
To look for a continuation in harmony between a number of independent unconnected sovereignties, situated in the same neighborhood, would be to disregard the uniform… — Alexander Hamilton
No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause . . . . With equal, nay with greater reason, bodies of men,… — James Madison
Inference is founded upon obvious reasons. Regard to reputation has a less active influence, when the infamy of a bad action is to be divided… — James Madison
Since it is impossible for the people spontaneously and universally, to move in concert towards their object; and it is therefore essential, that such changes… — James Madison
... I must say this concerning the great controversy over rifles and shotguns. The only thing I've ever said is that in areas where the… — Malcolm X
Sometimes I find myself thinking, rather wistfully, about Lao Tzu's famous dictum: 'Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish.' All around… — William Carlos Williams
Bond's introduction: "Bond. James Bond." Repeated in 17 subsequent Bond films. Number One in the Top Ten Most Famous Movie Quotes. -The Guinness Book of… — Sean Connery
I spent twenty-two seasons playing professional baseball. Naturally, success in that field is measured by batting averages, number of home runs and RBIs, fielding averages,… — Harmon Killebrew
The measures adopted to restore public order are: First of all, the elimination of the so-called subversive elements. ... They were elements of disorder and… — Benito Mussolini
Many of our brothers and sisters are 'baptized, but insufficiently evangelized.' In a number of cases, nations once rich in faith and in vocations are… — Pope Benedict XVI
You are more likely to acquire power by narrowing your focus and applying your energies, like the sun's rays, to a limited range of activities… — Jeffrey Pfeffer

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