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In 1975, ... [speaking with Shiing Shen Chern], I told him I had finally learned ... the beauty of fiber-bundle theory and the profound Chern-Weil… — Chen-Ning Yang
Until now, physical theories have been regarded as merely models with approximately describe the reality of nature. As the models improve, so the fit between… — Paul Davies
The Unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have… — Verlyn Klinkenborg
By convention sweet is sweet, by convention bitter is bitter, by convention hot is hot, by convention cold is cold, by convention colour is colour.… — Democritus
Imagination is the Discovering Faculty, pre-eminently ... It is that which feels & discovers what is, the REAL which we see not, which exists not… — Ada Lovelace
Like Molière's M. Jourdain, who spoke prose all his life without knowing it, mathematicians have been reasoning for at least two millennia without being aware… — Ernest Nagel
On foundations we believe in the reality of mathematics, but of course, when philosophers attack us with their paradoxes, we rush to hide behind formalism… — Jean Dieudonne
The imaginary expression √(-a) and the negative expression -b, have this resemblance, that either of them occurring as the solution of a problem indicates some… — Augustus De Morgan
There is no branch of mathematics, however abstract, which may not some day be applied to phenomena of the real world. — Unknown Author
The flight of most members of a profession to the high empyrean, where they can work peacefully on purely scientific problems, isolated from the turmoil… — Gerald Holton
[The purpose of flight research] is to separate the real from the imagined problems and to make known the overlooked and the unexpected. — Hugh Latimer Dryden
The real problem of leisure time is how to keep others from using yours. — Unknown Author
I remember sitting at the end of my mum's bed being fascinated by her ritual of getting dressed. It was a very methodical and considered… — Matthew Williamson
Inside the glittery, swanky cases-the 'modern art' materials that were all the rage at the time, Formica and glass and plastic-was something very unpleasant, very… — Unknown Author
Jesus is a mythical figure in the tradition of pagan mythology and almost nothing in all of ancient literature would lead one to believe otherwise.… — Dennis McKinsey
If with so little we have done so much in Brazil, imagine what could have been done on a global scale, if the fight against… — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
My school is the world, and my teacher is the people. It is very important not to stay cloistered in the office if you want… — Alberta Ferretti
A real friend is someone you say a sentence to and they know ten thousand words behind that sentence. — Jackson Pollock
When the uncultured man sees a stone in the road it tells him no story other than the fact that he sees a stone ...… — Elisha Gray
I have three daughters. I wanted them to be raised where there are real seasons and where everyone their age wasn't trying to get into… — Chevy Chase
I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to… — Natasha Richardson
My real achievement is my daughter and my three beautiful grandchildren. — Marilyn Horne
One of the things that I've worked my way out of doing, and I knew that I needed to, was comparing myself to other people.… — India.Arie
The Center for Public Integrity is the real thing. A group of dedicated people who remember that great journalism is about grit and guts and… — Diane Sawyer
With trees and rocks and the sea and the stars and the clouds and the sun - you cannot be unreal, you cannot be phoney.… — Rajneesh

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